Boxers Are Very Isolated -

I Thought My Talent Would Transcend My Outspokenness. I Was Wrong.

I Had Achieved So Much Success In My Career And Then Had This Spectacular Fall From Grace That Left Me Unemployed And Living In A Town, Los Angeles, That Is Built On Envy. Once You Fall, People Don't Really Root For You To Come Back Again. I'd Go To Restaurants Where I Always Had The Best Table And Half The Time They Wouldn't Even Let Me Pay. And Then When I Stopped Making Movies, The Same Places Wouldn't Even Give Me A Lousy Table, Never Mind The Best One!

A Reputation Is Really Hard To Live Down.

I Come From A Violent Background. So I Became Hard. I Realised That I Had Made Myself That Way To Deal With A Feeling Of Abandonment And Shame.

Wrestling And Boxing Is Like Ping-pong And Rugby. There's No Connection.