Tommy Morrison

The one thing that made me somewhat of an animal is I didn't have anything growing up.

It's a big move from the 'Tough Man' circuit to professional boxing. When I turned pro, I had to play catch-up and was fighting almost twice a month until I had more than 20 fights under my belt.

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 don't believe in past lifetimes, but if there was one, I had to be a gladiator.

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 like fighting people that scare me a little bit. People that scare me seem to motivate me, and when you motivate me, you get the best performance out of me.

I have a bad habit of fighting to the level of my competition.

I'm guilty of reverse discrimination. I'm white, and people don't think that white fighters are any good.

Talk about the area of overcoming adversity, sucking it up, I rate myself a 10.

Very few fighters get a chance to come back.

It took me awhile to learn the public eye was on me.

Ever since I was a kid, I've been confident of coming out on top in a brawl, but the ring is a lot different from a bar. That's been my problem.