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

It is wonderful. It truly is. It is the only thing that is real! It's you against me, it's challenging another guy's manhood. With gloves. Words cannot describe that feeling of being a man, of being a gladiator, of being a warrior. It's irreplaceable.

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

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.

My toughest fight was myself. For me to disclose and let things out was not easy because we don't want to seem weak or like we are different, but I learned that it's okay.

People can do more than they ever believe they can do. Physically, mentally, academically. You have to be pushed. It hurts. But it's worth it, and it's a great thing.

Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.