I've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject.

No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran.

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.

If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I paid my dues.

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'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.