To be successful in sports or business, you really have to live the lifestyle. Success is about lifestyle. Just because I was training and working hard, that didn't make me champion or a good fighter. My lifestyle made me a good fighter. In my mind and my daily life, I was the heavy weight champ when I was 15 or 14. I lived the life of the heavyweight champion, and that's who I became. And that is so much more than just training. So, when the time presented itself, that's who I already was. I was ready. I was already there.

I don't think boxing took more from me then I got in return. It gave me everything that I took from it. It was all fair.

Not to be egotistical, but I don't think there is a man on this planet who can beat me

I'm not a good-looking guy. I don't care if my nose gets mashed.

Me? I see an old, broke-ass black guy taking care of a bunch of kids, living life, taking them to school, and all that stuff, who's asking himself: What the hell is this? But I wouldn't give it up for the world because I love my wife. I never expected to have a life like this. No chaos... no confusion... no lawsuits... no violence... no going to jail.

I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one.

I love to hit people. I love to.