Besides being a slum kid with no great education in anything except how to fight and stay alive and steal, I also had this temper.

You have to treat everybody the right way. Otherwise, you'll have a short life. God bless.

I purposely lost a fight to Billy Fox because they promised me that I would get a shot to fight for the title if I did.

There's no pensions for old prize fighters.

People get in auto accidents, they're paralyzed for life. I got hurt worse getting married.