When life hits you pretty hard, you can go into a dark corner.

When boxers are in the ring, they're simple. It's when the fight is over, that's when the other fight, the real fight, begins. That's the problem.

We follow a certain pattern, a maze, if you will, every day, tracing our steps into certain districts and neighborhoods and back home. So it's easy for people to relate to clichés. That's why comedy routines are based on mutual experiences of clichés.

Boxing is a great way to vent. I don't know if there is a better way, I think for women too. There is something so primal about it and it's the best exercise in the world, even if you don't ever get in the ring.

There aren't a lot of opportunities for that rite of passage that makes you a man. War is one of them, and violent sports are another.

I love being verbal in films.

I've been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now is that I am, and intend to stay, a single man.