We're all endowed with God-given talents. Mine happens to be hitting people in the head.

To be honest, I don't know. I started one [book] back in 1982 or '83 when I first retired. But I was only 25 or 26 and not ready to write my memoirs.

Were all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people.

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

I wouldnt change anything because the mistakes and the hurt are as important as all the great fights. They made me who I am today.

I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares.

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