The only way for a fighter to get back in shape is to fight his way back.

Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons.

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

Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public to see a knockout in the making.

I lay around and wonder why you were always there for me.

Boxing's a poor man's sport. We can't afford to play golf or tennis. It is what it is. It's kept so many kids off the street. It kept me off the street.

Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.