I really feel that if it wasnt for the accident, Id still be fighting. I would have handled some of these fighters. I would have made sure that the doctors would have declared me physically sound; and after that, I would have trained.

Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches.

I am not God but something similar

I was born to be champion of the world

I want to thank America. You opened your heart so I could enter. Thank you everybody who lives in the United States, who saw me grow into becoming a world champion.

Everybody says it: black, white; everybody calls me a legend. Italians, Jews. Everybody

I am not going to become crazy in the ring, because I am already crazy. And I am not going to die in the ring. I am going to die in bed as an old man.