The streets was basically my parents..

I was told I would be back in 90 days. If I listened to people, I would be back where I came from - the penitentiary..

I don't know what being a 48-year-old feels like. There are a lot of 48 year olds that aren't in good shape. The pharmacy is making a killing off of ….

It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary..

The Pavlik fight was the first time I heard the masses put the word knockout attached to my opponent. I'm real keen on what people say. Ninety percen….

I am an old man, I just happen to be an old man that can fight..

I still shop at Costco. I just started tipping two years ago..

You're not going to see a new Bernard Hopkins. I'm too old for that crap. I think what you will see is something different that I know I am capable o….

The NBA has a voice that's why they have a lockout. The NFL has a voice that's why they had a lockout. Boxing is the only sport that's individually r….

The powers that be don’t want athletes or boxers to become as smart as they are..

If I'm in a situation where Duane Ford is one of the judges, I have to pick it up..

I like Sergio Martinez. I think he's strong, he's gritty, he's got plenty of heart, he's not the fanciest guy you might have seen in boxing but he ha….

When you have somebody that's smart and you're not so smart, to me that's modern day slavery because you're being dictated to..

There are so many things I've done that the world of boxing has witnessed. It's going to be difficult for the boxing people to pick one of my perform….

Did you hear what this idiot just said!? He said it's not about the W...It's everything about the W with me!.

This is a great position to be in. I don't really believe there is any fighter, in any decade that can be in my position of luxury that I've been in ….

I wouldn't wanna fight me, because I know it wouldn't be a good outcome for both..

Boxers are resilitant guys. We know how to take of a big punch that hits us, we know how to survive. Oscar is a survivor, he's gonna be back bigger a….

You think it's hard for me when I go in the ring and fight? That's the least of my problems. I think about the five years that I did in prison. I thi….

The middleweight division is one of the most exciting divisions in the sport. Fighters can punch like heavyweights and have the speed of the lightwei….

Early on in my career I had the kind of anxious where you couldn't sleep at night. That anxiousness is like a virus we all have in us. Some you can d….