Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.

There will always be something about two men in the ring - a mystique because it's pure man-to-man competition. Because of the history boxing has and the tradition it holds, boxing will always have a that mystique.

I wanted to do in boxing what Bruce Lee was able to do in karate. Lee was an artist, and, like him, I try to get beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want my fights to be seen as plays.

You don't appreciate things until they're gone. For me, I miss my friends; I don't miss boxing, I miss the camaraderie.

If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time.

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