The thing about boxers is that there's respect there. You beat me, and I may not like it, but you know what, deep down inside, I respect you. And that's the code of honor.
I want to rip out his heart and feed it to Lennox Lewis. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children.
I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature.
What could be better than walking down any street in any city and knowing you're the heavyweight champion of the world?
I do a lot of yoga and meditation. It calms my nerves and helps me channelise my energy.
I always train and prepare with highest concentration and focus on my next opponent. To me, it does not matter what his name is.
Not many people do at the age of 21 or younger even, know how to act nor could be concerned with anything other than fighting, women and money.
I could do what a lot of people are doing and that's sign the best Nicaraguan fighters and then sell them to Don King, but there's no way I'll do that.
Just take one step at a time, trusting that God still has a plan for you, and He will make the best out of your situation.
I still feel that I am in my prime right now but I think my best fights were in my thirties.
My very best memory of Montreal was the moment inside the Olympic arena when I was waiting under the stadium and those majestic gates opened up. It was a whole other world.
Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.
As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I'd get locked in a grocery store.
Preaching is the most original thing I've ever done. There's nothing familiar about it. You have to be brave.
I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don't fight, I'll eat this planet.
Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches.
Some of the old refs have favoritism toward some of the fighters that are currently fighting. There should be a changing of the guard with the refs, the same way there are with fighters.
Nobody stands out right now. Everybody has similar styles. None of these fighters have reinvented the wheel and created a new style.
I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him.
I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.
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.
