Occupation: Professional Boxer Birth: May 23, 1954
If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it..
There are a lot of things and in order to be at the top and maintain your focus you have to have something that motivates you. For me, it was what I ….
I like to see the smiles on people's faces when I show them I can do the impossible..
Sitting here now today, I can forgive a lot of the English people because it only takes a hand full of bad people to do something stupid like that an….
When a man goes into the ring, he's going to war..
It's hard to get up at 6am when you're wearing silk pyjamas..
The only difference between street fighting and boxing is there a ref there from stopping me from killing you.
Oh yeah, I mean every fighter has got be dedicated, learn how to sacrifice, know what the devotion is all about, make sure you're paying attention an….
Whether Pacquiao loses in the first round, whether he knocks out Mayweather in the first round, it's still going to be the biggest fight in history..
You know looking back on it now I used the fight and after the fight as motivation, to make sure I was going to be the best middleweight in the world….
I am a fighter who walks, talks and thinks fighting but I try not to look like it.
The situation right after the fight wasn't too good; I believe I'm still the only champion in the world who never received the belt inside the ring o….
Well, you can't trust most people in this game, period; it can be a very shady business..
Even though the outcome wasn't the way it should have been, publicly I still feel in my heart I won the Sugar Ray Leonard fight..
In some ways that fight gave me more respect around the world and helped me be even more popular because so many people felt my pain and saw that I w….
You know, I think I had a great career; there's not much I think I'd do different other than get a title shot much earlier. I didn't get one till 49 ….
A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion. If they cut my bald….
Nothing can intimidate me. I just go out and destruct and destroy..
People still look at me as the champion and that's very important to me..
It's tough to get out of bed to do roadwork at 5 am when you've been sleeping in silk pajamas.
Don't doubt me, because that's when I get stronger..