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

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

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.

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

Everything you want to know about a fighter is in his eyes. The look in his eyes tells the truth.

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.

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