[Sometimes I] put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters.

Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter.

Boxing is an ego-driven sport. The idea is to not get too personal or emotional with it. You just know when it's over, it's over, and that's it.

I tried to stay away from King. You can't do it. It's like staying away from taxes. Sooner or later, he'll get you.

The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.

Most writers, in my opinion, are dysfunctional derelicts.

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