You just don't heal that easy unless you're young.

A fighter never knows when it's the last bell. He doesn't want to face that.

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.

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

I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a promoter.

Boxing's a poor man's sport. We can't afford to play golf or tennis. It is what it is. It's kept so many kids off the street. It kept me off the street.

I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up.