To be honest, I don't know. I started one [book] back in 1982 or '83 when I first retired. But I was only 25 or 26 and not ready to write my memoirs.

It's hard to talk about yourself.

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 want to be great, something special.

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.

Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.

Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran and his wife gave my wife the finger.