A body that doesn't move mentally or physically dies.
Age is not a problem. It becomes a problem when people try and make us think old.
Age is not an enemy to me.
Always have to think like a guy with no food in his refrigerator.
Being able to do what I do in the ring and out of the ring is evidence that I'm not from this world.
Boxing is a small world where the same thing that goes on, goes on in corporate America.
Father Time is whether you're an athlete or not an athlete. Father Time is always around. I think I'm just special.
Hagler was a puncher-slugger. He'd box sometimes, but boxing wasn't his forte. His thing was relentless punishment and 'beat you.'
Hand-eye coordination and reflexes is something I work on more than anything.
I am a great champion.
I am a proud man and never takes things for granted in my life.
I avoid processed food.
I do much less sparring and always with the purpose of working on something in particular.
I don't drink occasionally. I don't drink on the holidays. I don't drink alcohol, period. Not wine, not nothing.
I don't have a diet. Jenny Craig got a diet. Seriously. I eat to live, not to die.
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.
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.
I'm the guy still driving a Nissan.
That materialistic life, that's not my god.
There is nothing more important than staying alert, reading your opponent, that counts for both inside and outside the ring.
I think being 50 and being me is different than any other fighter in any era.
I'm special, in a way that is good. I don't have to explain 'special.' There is no definition for special. Special speaks for itself.
I have to constantly work on my reflexes and hand-eye coordination. I do a lot of puzzles. I play chess.
If you notice, in every fight, I always have something to get into their head.
I don't think I can get Jack Nicholson to come out and watch me fight.
