Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.

I'm not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it.

Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.

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'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself

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 to be great, something special.