My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.

I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy.

We black people, as a whole, are at war we'll say with the white power structure. Not physically, but we have definite protests to win the battle.

How many push ups do you do? I don't know. I only starts counting when it starts hurting

You know I hate fighting. If I knew how to make a living some other way, I would.

I didn't run with a gang - I didn't have time. There were a few little street gangs sitting in the spotlights at night time - talking and playing marbles. But I was so wrapped up in boxing since I was 12.

People sold everything - their cars, their land for miles, to come in and see me beat. I went to the bank laughing every time.