I just turned 27 years old, and there are mornings where my knees and ankles really hurt. I hurt all over. I would hate to be me when I'm 35 years old. I'll be a basket case, but I will have a lot of memories.
I have a bad habit of fighting to the level of my competition.
I knew the HIV virus was something anyone could get but also believed the chances were very slim... I honestly believed I had a better chance of winning the lottery than contracting this disease. I have never been so wrong in my life.
I boxed until I got interested in other things. My first car. Girls.
I thought I was bulletproof, and I'm not.
I've got plenty of contacts in Hollywood.
The fact that there's never been a single documented case in the history of this planet of anyone ever contracting HIV in the ring seems to me like a leg perfectly strong enough to stand on in terms of a lawsuit.
There's nothing more intimidating than crawling into a ring.
I would walk into a room, and people would be like, 'Hide the children. Here comes the guy with AIDS.' That's very demeaning, and it really hurts your spirit.
I'll tell you this: Tommy Morrison has a tattoo of Elvis Presley on his butt, he likes to hunt and fish, and his favorite movie is 'GoodFellas.'
Boxing is a family tradition. The last five generations down to my dad have been fighters.
There's a family tradition of fighting in the Kansas City Golden Gloves. My older brother, Tim, did, and so did my father's two youngest brothers, Trent and Troy. They all won the Golden Gloves. So when my mother asked me to keep the tradition going, I did.
I couldn't fart in an elevator without people wanting to sue me.
I think there's a lot of people out there who, if George Foreman had to get beat, I'm the one fighter they would like to see beat him.
I don't believe in past lifetimes, but if there was one, I had to be a gladiator.
I am not a big fan of Mike Tyson. I almost idolized him for what he did in the ring - he was such a great fighter. But his behavior out of the ring... he needed to realize he was in the public eye, and there is a responsibility.
I cut my hand swimming in the Caribbean, it gets infected, and Channel 9 is calling me saying they heard rumors I cut my fingers off.
I realize that there's a whole generation of kids out there like me who are totally disregarding the moral values taught to us by our parents.
I didn't live in L.A. I lived in Oklahoma, and I liked to do normal things with normal people.
The 'Tough Man' contests were for 21-year-olds, but I weighed 150 pounds at 13, so I got a fake ID card and entered. My dad and uncles had given me an edge, so having a boxing background made it easier because a lot of the older guys didn't know how to fight.
