I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself

I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.

My ambition is not to be just a good fighter. I want to be great, something special.

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'm so opposite of my profession. No one - particularly my mother and father - ever thought I was going to be a boxer because I always felt that football and baseball were too dangerous. I was just such a quiet kid.

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.

Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.