I grew up in a gym in Miami, the one where Muhammad Ali trained. I had 142 amateur fights and lost three.
Mickey RourkeActors should shut up about politics. They tend to be ill-informed finger-pointers who just cosy up to some flavour of-the-month liberal.
Mickey RourkeI get a call, and it's Howard Bingham, and he's got the champ on the line.Muhammad Ali didn't remember me from being a kid, but he was going, "Yeah, you're in bed, and you want your mama with you . . ." It really helped so much. He spent 15 or 20 minutes on the phone with me. That's a memory that I'll always cherish.
Mickey Rourke