I Spent A Lot Of Years Trying

My Dogs Are More Important Than My Family.

A Lot Of Those Who Let You Down Are Those Who Seemed The Closest To You.

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.

Boxers Are Very Isolated - Or Isolated Within Their Own Camps.

People Ask Me About That All The Time. They Say, "did You Ever Think Of Directing?" And I Say, "it's Completely Out Of The Question."