I laugh when Floyd Mayweather says that if he went back in time he would beat us all. I'll tell you this: if he was in the same era as Hagler and Hearns and Leonard and me, I don't think he would be such a big name. There is too much talk

Every time I stepped into the ring, somebody wanted to kill me.

The life of a boxer is about fighting for world titles.

Some of the old refs have favoritism toward some of the fighters that are currently fighting. There should be a changing of the guard with the refs, the same way there are with fighters

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

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.

I was born to be champion of the world