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.

Being in the ring became my reality, and, in my reality, I'd think I was someone special.

I guess I'm gonna fade into Bolivian.

My life's not tragic at all. How many guys do you know who are bankrupt and just bought a $3 million house and are getting ready to get $6 million more?

If my children will live a better life than I did by my getting brain damage, by my being brain dead, then let it be.

Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn't talk much. I never met him.

You have to have a bunch of dimensions [of yourself]. You have to be able to adapt in this world. You can't be a nice guy living in a world of savages.