I was always curious. And I always wondered why I had to die to go to Heaven.

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you - until you get your revenge.

Brooding over blunders is the biggest blunder.

The outgoing and spontaneous person that the world knew while I was boxing was a persona that I created to sell tickets and promote my career. In my private life, I am quiet and reflective by nature.

If some black man go out and start something, a riot or something or, I'm not going to jump in it and get killed because he's gone out and started something I don't believe in what he's fighting for or his approach.

Whatever the challenge was, however unattainable the goal may have seemed, I never let anyone talk me out of believing in myself.