I've found that taking shortcuts will get you to the place you don't want to be much quicker than they get u to the place u want to be.

I've worked hard and accomplished what I've accomplished in the heavyweight scene.

Vitali [Klitschko] does want to fight me, but his promoter wants to be bigger than him. This is another situation of politics in the sport.

There were different heroes with different images. There was Mike Tyson, the animal, there was Evander Holyfield, the devout, the priest. And there was me, the thinker, the intellectual boxer. So there was something for every fan, if you like. The public could always identify with one of us.

There are still a lot of Mike Tyson fans out there, and a lot of disbelievers in the first fight, and they want to see us fight again. I am the emperor. If he wants to fight, I am here. If he does not, I understand.

In boxing, if you think you will lose... you're already halfway there.

I'm undisputed and there's no disputing that.