A pit bull is like a fighter. Every so often it needs to taste blood.

Every fighter has a story that could break your heart. We lose, we get hurt and everything comes apart. That's when it's so difficult to stay on the straight and narrow.

Work hard, think fast and you'll last.

I don't want to sound obnoxious, but I like to think I brought it another step. I was able to bring people who were casually interested in boxing together.

If somebody had told me in the 1980s that Gerry Adams would shake hands with Ian Paisley or Peter Robinson I would have said put that man in a white suit and lock him up in a padded cell.

What I would say about Barney Eastwood is that when our relationship worked, it worked extremely well. He had a lot of strengths as a promoter and a manager.

I'd had 35 professional fights and mentally I was tired of it. I'd sort ot fallen out of love with the sport.

Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century.

I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.

I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.

I get people to this day - I won my title 25 years ago - saying how wonderful a time they had during that dark period in our history when they came to watch me fight.

All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.

I didn't have a catharsis for my childhood pain, most of us don't, and until I learned how to forgive those people and let it go, I was unhappy.

Don’t you worry, darlin’, ” he says, his intensely blue eyes full of mischief. “I like surprises

Regardless of what our national credit rating is, people will always want a roof over their heads, food on their tables, fuel for their cars, and clothes on their backs.

Let your performance do the thinking.

Sometimes I think I'm liquefying like an old Camembert.

My hair has never been my greatest feature, so that was funny enough unto itself that my hair became so focused on.

Everything is transient. Everything is constantly changing. The only thing we have is now.

I think it's as popular as it ever has been and it continues to grow as it does all around the world.

It’s the greatest legacy you could ever leave your children or your loved ones: the history of how you felt.