"The danger of a closed mind is that it can also leave good things like love, compassion and reason on its outside."

“Sometimes success needs interruption to regain focus and shake off complacency.”

“Lennox is beyond doubt the greatest heavyweight of all-time. He is not second any more, he is there at the top of the tree. It reminded me of a young George Foreman and an elusive Muhammad Ali - everything you want in a fighter.”

“Adversity is something that makes reaching your goals so much more rewarding than if it didn't exist. .”

“I have always been English, ever since I emigrated from England and since the kids in Canada beat me up at the age of twelve for having an East London Cockney accent. I thank them for the cockney taunts because the beatings turned me on to boxing. But on a serious note Canada has been kind to me.”

“I have known for a long time now that Lennox is the best heavyweight since Ali and the world should now acknowledge that.”

“I've found that taking shortcuts will get you to the place you don't want to be much quicker than they get u to the place u want to be.”