“Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just a...” — Joyce Carol Oates Quote

“Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it is about feeling pain, if not devastating psychological paralysis, more than it is about winning.”

“The worst thing: to give yourself away in exchange for not enough love.”

“I compose most of my tweets with care, as if they were aphorisms - they are not usually dashed-off. Sometimes I'm surprised by the high, poetic quality of Twitter - it lends itself to a surreal sort of self-expression.”

“The life of a boxing athlete is short, so I don't have time to waste or time to take tune-up fights or whatever.”

“I was lucky. I held on to some of my money. I didn't really know what I wanted to do after boxing. But I found what I wanted to do.”

“Most fighters, when they're finished, boxing turns its back on them.”