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

I'm so opposite of my profession. No one - particularly my mother and father - ever thought I was going to be a boxer because I always felt that football and baseball were too dangerous. I was just such a quiet kid.

When I turned pro, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an area that was empty.

Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.

If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I paid my dues

I retired and came back in '97. Woo! I mean, come on! I don't know, man. A six-year layoff? That was crazy! My career was relatively short, whether you look at either its length in years or the number of fights I had. But it was brutal.

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