I lay around and wonder why you were always there for me.

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

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.

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

I always expect unexpected challenges.

They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.

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