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

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

I've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject.

I'm not in favor of that [mandating protective headgear ] because we learn as amateurs how to protect ourselves. And that's why there's a third man in the ring, the referee. And that's why there has to be a very strong boxing commission that doesn't allow guys in the ring who don't belong there.

Look at football, where you still have injuries no matter how much they improve the helmets and other equipment.

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.

I want my fights to be seen as plays that have a beginning, a middle and an end