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

Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.

I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say, I slipped.

It is wonderful. It truly is. It is the only thing that is real! It's you against me, it's challenging another guy's manhood. With gloves. Words cannot describe that feeling of being a man, of being a gladiator, of being a warrior. It's irreplaceable.

Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons.

I've always been quiet and kind of shy. I'm sociable, but I would probably migrate to a corner.

I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.