People are still crying out for Lennox Lewis. They still want to see Lennox Lewis. That motivated me. I am still young. I have a couple fights left in me.

Boxing involves the possibility of defeat, I accepted that very early on. After all, there are only two men and one of them wins.

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

I could never stand big-mouthed types. I had problems with that at high school. I’ve still got the scars on my fists from the teeth of the guys I hit so that they’d finally shut up. I came from England to Canada, of course, and was often ridiculed because I had a strange accent. I was expelled from school and it was a long time before I could control myself. But the impulse remained: a punch in the mouth to get some peace and quiet.

During the past twenty-three years, I have set a number of goals for myself and I’m proud to say that these goals have been achieved.

For me, there's never any bad blood - unless you do something to me.

Fighters used to be afraid of the Russians, Cubans but then I'd figure them out and figure out how to beat them.