A Reputation Is Really Hard To Live

The Two Sports Are As Different As Ping-pong And Rugby. In Boxing, You Don’t Know What’s Going To Happen. In Wrestling, It’s Already Prearranged. But The Thing I Didn’t Know About Wrestling Is That You Really Get Hurt. Because, You Know, You’re Wrestling In Front Of A Live Audience, And You End Up Doing Things Like Jumps Or Slams, And 40 Percent Of The Time You Don’t Land Right.

I Never Knew My Father, And I'd Hate To Repeat That Kind Of Cycle With My Own Children, Because I'd Also Want To Be There For Them No Matter What.

I Never Look Backwards. I Have Always Been An Athlete. I Boxed Before I Acted.

I Was Very Ashamed Of Seeing A Therapist Because I Thought Only Crazy People Went, And Then, After About Nine Years, I Asked Him, 'well, Was I Really Crazy?' And He Nodded And Said, 'you Were But Not Any More.'

I Tried To Change My Name For The Fights, But The Only Way They Could Pay Me Money Was If I Used My Own Name. I Wanted To Change My Name To, Like, Romeo Something-or-other, And They Said, "no, We Can't Do That. We've Got To Use Mickey Rourke." Because They Paid Me A Lot Of Money To Go Over To Europe And Asia To Fight.