When I saw Tyson knocking everybody out on TV, I thought, He's goooood. But when I saw him in person, he didn't look as awesome.

Now I am ready to set new goals and start a new career for myself outside of the ring.

Adversity is something that makes reaching your goals so much more rewarding than if it didn't exist.

I think Kirk Johnson is a more exciting fighter than Chris Byrd. A lot of people agree with me when it comes to that.

Patience is a part of boxing. After I had missed out on the Olympic gold medal in 1984, a lot of people tried to talk me into turning professional quickly to make money. They told me that the next Olympics in Seoul would be boycotted again, that I was wasting my life, blah blah. But I still had unfinished business. I wanted the gold medal, and I got it in ‘88. Only then was I ready to turn professional.

The danger of a closed mind is that it can also leave good things like love, compassion and reason on its outside.

The media can make boxers, controls who makes it big and who doesn’t. They can build up fighters or knock them down.