"Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct"

"A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing"

"Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today"

"Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now because we don't have people who have the capability to not only train fighters but also train and create decent respectable citizens of the world"

"New York's like a boxing match. In Hollywood, it's like a Fellini movie or something"

"All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is through. While he was fighting his management was very excited for him, but now that he is done, that management team is moving on"

"Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it"

"I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won"

"When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves"

"I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing"

"See, I respect boxing because it has given me so much and that's why I will never allow anyone to mistreat the sport of boxing if I can help it"