Everybody thinks this is a tough man's sport. This is not a tough man's sport. This is a thinking man's sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport.

At times, I come across as crude or crass, that irritates you when I come across like a Neanderthal or a babbling idiot at times. But I like to be that person. I like to show you all that person because that's who you come to see.

In the scheme of life, in emotion and loss, I responded the way I did. I lost. I shouldn't have responded that way. I've had some people tell me that I did a great thing - sticking up for myself - but to me, personally, with the way that I handled my emotions, I lost. But I learned. That will not happen again.

Most writers, in my opinion, are dysfunctional derelicts.

I feel bad about my outlook, how I feel about people and society, and that I'll never be part of society the way I should.

I don't want to be grotesque, but when you're 330 pounds, it's hard to wipe your a-. You know?

When you're a great finisher, you'll become popular. Joe Louis was a great finisher.