I have so many boxing gloves around my house that I would get them confused with other gloves.

I spent so long studying really hard to become a fine actor, but threw it all away because I got the adulation and the fame so easily

I probably did a dozen plays, like Off-Off-Broadway stuff.

I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong.

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

I 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.

People are always afraid of the truth.