Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran and his wife gave my wife the finger.

I saw Todd Bridges talk about being abused on Oprah. Something that he said, or an expression that he made that gave me that little boost I needed to be open about it and to talk about it as transparently as I did. When I told my wife, she couldn't believe it. She was petrified, because it's such a no-no, taboo, a hands-off subject. But I'd have to say hearing Todd Bridges on Oprah was my watershed moment.

My ambition is not to be just a good fighter. I want to be great, something special.

I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.

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.

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

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