When people see what I have now, they have no idea of where I came from and how I didn't have anything growing up.

I'm a professional fighter and like most professional fighters I have had difficulties with my hands in the past.

People have said things about me, and wrote and criticized me about things in the past, but it goes in one ear and out the other.

Most people should be talking about how Floyd Mayweather is a great undefeated future Hall of Famer that's his own promoter and that works extremely hard to get to where he's at. Instead, all you hear is hate and jealous remarks from critics who criticize me and, you know, most of the time, the people that criticize me can't do what I can do.

I never played the game for money and attention. I love football, and I've had a blast.

Because I just like sports, I like athletics and I like competition.

There have been times - and not just on 'The Newsroom,' but on 'The West Wing,' 'Sports Night,' 'Studio 60'... - where it was hard to look the cast and crew in the eye, when I put a script on the table that I knew just wasn't good enough.

I was captain of the volleyball team and the basketball team, and I ran track.