I only wish that I had had the courage and the knowledge to have gotten that out of my system, out of my mind or my heart years earlier. But there is no book, there is no manual to tell you how to deal with sexual abuse.

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.

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

We're all endowed with God-given talents. Mine happens to be hitting people in the head.

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

Someone once said there was a comparison between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson. Believe me, there's no comparison. Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest.

I want to be great, something special.