No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran

Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it; your career is over.

In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny. I wish I had understood Italian.

I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.

It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.

You don't play boxing. You really don't. You play golf, you play tennis, but you don't play boxing.

Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public to see a knockout in the making.