Except For Ali, Fighters Had

I Saw Todd Bridges Talk About Being Abused On Oprah. Something That He Said, Or An Expression That He Made That Gave Me That Little Boost I Needed To Be Open About It And To Talk About It As Transparently As I Did. When I Told My Wife, She Couldn't Believe It. She Was Petrified, Because It's Such A No-no, Taboo, A Hands-off Subject. But I'd Have To Say Hearing Todd Bridges On Oprah Was My Watershed Moment.

I'm Not Religious, But I Believe That What I Have Is A Gift, And I Respect It And Live Up To It.

I Think I've Become One Of The Best Finishers In Boxing; If I Hurt A Guy, I Normally Take Him Out.

When I Was 15 Or 16 And I Started Climbing Up The Ladder Of Success In Amateur Boxing, A Reporter Asked Me, "what Do You Want To Be?" I Think He Was Expecting Me To Say, "a Champion." I Said, "i Want To Be Special." I Don't Know Why I Said That, But I Didn't Just Want To Be A Fighter. I Wanted To Have An Impact With People, Particularly Kids.

This Kid [janks Morton, Jr.] Was So Special, Although He's Not A Kid Anymore, Obviously, But He Was There From Day One Of My Rise Through Boxing. You Know How The Years Go By And Then, When You Stop To Reflect, You Realize That Someone Was A Part Of Your Whole Evolution As An Individual? That's What I Share With Junior.