I Remember All The Important Fights. Vividly.

I'm Not In Favor Of That [mandating Protective Headgear ] Because We Learn As Amateurs How To Protect Ourselves. And That's Why There's A Third Man In The Ring, The Referee. And That's Why There Has To Be A Very Strong Boxing Commission That Doesn't Allow Guys In The Ring Who Don't Belong There.

I Learned That I Had Character Defects, That I Was Allergic To Alcohol And Drugs, And That I Had An Obsession With All The Bad Stuff. But Thank God That I Woke And That I Had Good People Around Me To Support Me. There's Not Much More I Can Say About It. You Have To Want To Be A Better Person.

To Be Honest, I Don't Know. I Started One [book] Back In 1982 Or '83 When I First Retired. But I Was Only 25 Or 26 And Not Ready To Write My Memoirs.

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.

It's Hard To Talk About Yourself.