I grew up in a gym in Miami, the one where Muhammad Ali trained. I had 142 amateur fights and lost three.

I couldn't direct traffic. It's hard enough just acting.

I'm the worst surfer in California. My balance is off from boxing.

I spent a lot of years trying to beat the system and, in the end, the system kicked my behind good.

I tried to change my name for the fights, but the only way they could pay me money was if I used my own name. I wanted to change my name to, like, Romeo something-or-other, and they said, "No, we can't do that. We've got to use Mickey Rourke." Because they paid me a lot of money to go over to Europe and Asia to fight.

A reputation is really hard to live down.

I still work out most days. When I do it, I go full blast five or six days a week, two to three hours a day. I enjoy it. It's therapeutic for me.