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.

When you have something in life that you want to accomplish greatly, you have to be willing to give up your happiness…I’ve lost all my sensitivity as far as being embarrassed, being shy, you just have to lose that.

Every punch was thrown with bad intentions.

I just want to conquer people and their souls.

I can quit boxing now and practically go into any kind of business and I'll be successful just as well as I was in boxing.

I was in handcuffs. I was under arrest. I remember there was this old lady looking at me, and I could tell she felt real sorry for me, and she did'nt know but all I wanted to do was take her purse.

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.