You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.

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

My intention was to fight Durán ASAP because I knew Durán's habits. I knew he would indulge himself, he'd gain 40–50 lbs and then sweat it off to make 147.

Were all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people.

Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.

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

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.