What was most important was the knowledge [aspect] of the fight. I learned this early on and just told myself to "upgrade my mind." That's just what I wanted to do my whole life.

I fight for perfection

You come home, and you party. But after that, you get a hangover. Everything about that is negative.

Don't be surprised if I behave like a savage. I am a savage

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.

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.

I'm a historian, and that freaks me out.