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.

When I'm not in training. I'll walk around the streets at 153, but it's not solid; it's my socializing weight.

When we got back to the U.S., I wanted to kiss the ground after seeing what people in other countries are denied or don't have.

No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran

I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares.

This kid [Janks Morton, Jr.] was so special, although he's not a kid anymore, obviously, but he was there from day one of my rise through boxing. You know how the years go by and then, when you stop to reflect, you realize that someone was a part of your whole evolution as an individual? That's what I share with Junior.

To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training.