If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you - until you get your revenge.

I'm a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I'm no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won't hit back. You kill my dog, you better hide your cat.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.

Never put your money against Cassius Clay, for you will never have a lucky day.

It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila.