My very best memory of Montreal was the moment inside the Olympic arena when I was waiting under the stadium and those majestic gates opened up. It was a whole other world.

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.

Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five

You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.

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

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.

My toughest fight was myself. For me to disclose and let things out was not easy because we don't want to seem weak or like we are different, but I learned that it's okay.