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

Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.

I saw Todd Bridges talk about being abused on Oprah. Something that he said, or an expression that he made that gave me that little boost I needed to be open about it and to talk about it as transparently as I did. When I told my wife, she couldn't believe it. She was petrified, because it's such a no-no, taboo, a hands-off subject. But I'd have to say hearing Todd Bridges on Oprah was my watershed moment.

I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him.

I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say, I slipped.

You don't play boxing. You really don't. You play golf, you play tennis, but you don't play boxing.

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