I'm amongst you all, but I'm not one of you all.
Always have to think like a guy with no food in his refrigerator.
Some people might think they're invincible, but I don't.
It's two sides to everybody. I'm a manager - I'm a promoter - and I'm a fighter, so it is two sides to me. That's a balance there.
If I was a bad guy, I probably would be incarcerated.
I would love to play with the Flyers. I got the two front teeth missing, so I can look the part. I'm ready cosmetically. I could fit right in.
I looked up to Marvin Hagler, Ali.
Yes, we have to look at our opponents and study our opponents. But you have to look at you first and know you can do it.
Boxing is the sweet science. You hit and not get hit. There's no reward for you to hit me more than I hit you other than on the scorecards.
Age is not a problem. It becomes a problem when people try and make us think old.
No one's kicking down the door to fight Bernard Hopkins.
I've had a hard life. I smell and sense fear. I didn't get that from Catholic school; I know what fear is.
Boxing is a small world where the same thing that goes on, goes on in corporate America.
If I can create an atmosphere to make my job easier and your confidence less, why not?
Ninety-nine percent of getting over a problem is mental.
I don't react and think off emotions - that gets you in a bad situation.
Any UFC fighter, and any fighter going into the boxing ring and can do what they do in the UFC, nine out of 10 won't be victorious and vice-versa, with a boxer coming from - even myself - coming over to that field will be a fish trying to be in a jungle and survive. It's not going to happen.
I've shown, for twenty-plus years, with a legacy that will be talked about way after I'm gone, that I am different.
My whole career, I got a lot of credit for not taking punches.
Most of my fights are intelligent.
