Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons.

In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny. I wish I had understood Italian.

Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it; your career is over.

Everything you want to know about a fighter is in his eyes. The look in his eyes tells the truth.

Someone once said there was a comparison between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson. Believe me, there's no comparison. Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest.

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.

I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.