Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.

Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five

Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.

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

When we got back to the U.S., I wanted to kiss the ground after seeing what people in other countries are denied or don't have.

I always expect unexpected challenges.

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.