I like the hip writers: Fitzgerald, the guy who committed suicide, Hemingway, all those guys. Some of them were alcoholics and drug addicts but they had fun. They were real people. They formed the culture of American literature. Hemingway admired Tolstoy, Tolstoy admired Pushkin, and Mailer admired Hemingway. It all flows down. The greats are all connected. One day I'm gonna write a book myself. The first chapter will be about what a rough deal my momma got. She believed in you guys and your society.

I didn't know how to be any other way. I felt like one of those barbarian kings just coming to conquer the Roman Empire.

I just want them to keep bringing guys on and I'am going to strip them of their health. I bring pain a lot of pain.

There are nine million people who see me in the ring and hate my guts. Most of them are white. That's okay. Just spell my name right.

It's just good that Detroit is coming back. I'm so happy it's coming back because it needs to come back. When I do my trips around the world, and I can be anywhere, but I always see somebody from Detroit or Chicago. Those guys are world travelers.

Any man can do what he has to do. But doing it like you love it? That is what takes it to a whole different level. A champion does it like he loves it, even when he doesn't.

I want someone to attack me. No weapons. Just me and him. I like to beat men and beat them bad