Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran and his wife gave my wife the finger.

Normally, I would run with a group of guys in my camps. A couple of days before the fight, I would run by myself. That was my time to choreograph the fight in my head, so I needed to be myself.

I was not from a middle-class family at all. I did not have middle-class possessions and what have you. But I had middle-class parents who gave me what was needed to survive in society.

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.

Joe Frazier was the epitome of a champion. I mean, here is a guy who was total old school, blue collar, who would fight anybody. You know, he didn't tell you he was the best fighter pound for pound.

I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a promoter.