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I feel very blessed.
You gotta appreciate every day!
I was embarrassing against Spinks.
I want to get me one of those titles.
Drug abuse is a very difficult disease.
Everybody handles pressure differently.
Long Island has a great boxing tradition.
My father would never have lost to Holmes.
I see Mike Tyson as too strong for Spinks.
I have a Roman nose. It roams all over my face.
My career got sidetracked after fighting Holmes.
Winning the Gloves made me believe I was somebody.
Some have made boxing a terrible thing to be around.
The past is yesterday. I'm looking forward to tomorrow.
I have a great life. I'm the happiest guy in the world.
Like I say, boxing was on the floor, but it got back up.
I always had the hope that Holmes and I would fight again.
I'm a happy guy. I just want to see people laugh and smile.
When you bottom out, you have to stand up and get going again.
If I keep thinking about yesterday, tomorrow might never come.
When that bell rang, I wanted to go out there and do my thing.
The fight with Holmes was a plus. I gained so much experience.
Maybe I'll go to acting school. Acting is like boxing, you know.
I spent a lot of time dwelling on yesterday, and it did me no good.
Most fighters, when they're finished, boxing turns its back on them.
I feel like a pro now. Before I fought Holmes, I felt like a rookie.
Am I complicated? Nah, I'm interesting. I just like having a good time.
Boxing was not the sport that I thought is was due to all the politics.
Anytime somebody climbs up those steps into the ring, they have a heart.
Boxing gave me a voice to express the anger I felt for where I came from.
It's tough waking up in the morning and reading derogatory stories about you.
All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none.
The Klitschko boys, they're great fighters, but they're just boring here in America.
I've had a long, long road with lots of ups and downs. But that's all behind me now.
I am seeing all the guys, like Earnie Shavers, Tex Cobb, and Larry Holmes all the time.
By the time you're 30 years old, you can be on a nowhere street, if you're not careful.
When somebody used to compliment me, I'd spend 10 minutes trying to talk them out of it.
I've spent most of my life in prison. I was a prisoner of my fear and my low self-esteem.
I want to win. For myself first. And for all those people who stuck with me and understood.
I believe in myself. I want to be a fighter. I want to be heavyweight champion of the world.
For every athlete, the roar of the crowd goes away, and we have to learn how to turn the page.
I was a left hooker, and I loved hooking. I also really liked to jab and mix it up right away.
About 99 percent of fighters end up broke. F.I.S.T. helps them turn the page and find new goals.
Roberto Duran was the kind of guy who was a true fighter and you hardly see guys like that anymore.
I learned a lot from the Holmes fight. I learned about styles and the pressure. I'm more prepared now.
I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.
I never fought because of my father. I started to box before he pushed me. It had nothing to do with him.
I was a small kid from Huntington, Long Island. I never imagined that anything like that would happen to me.
I am a fight fan. I think boxing had its problems and kind of fell away for a while, but it's coming back strong .
They said if I'd fight a ranked contender, I'd get a title shot. I did that, and the next day they changed the rules.