Quotes from Tommy Morrison

The rug was yanked out from under my feet by a misdiagnosis. All I want to do is fight.

I've always been painted as this party animal.

People think I'm crazy, and it's been written in the papers that I'm off my rocker.

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.

I boxed until I got interested in other things. My first car. Girls.

I hate being around boxing people. I'd rather be back in the gym.

I thought I was bulletproof, and I'm not.

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

People don't like to see a sloppy fight, to see heavyweights wallow around. They like to see exciting fighters.

I couldn't fart in an elevator without people wanting to sue me.

I lived a permissive, fast, and reckless lifestyle. I hope I can serve as a warning that living this lifestyle can really lead to only one thing, and that's misery.

My life out of the ring caught up with me.

Beating a legend is a very good feeling, but internally I was processing the realization that I could compete with anyone.

You can sit there and worry yourself sick if you're a mentally weak person.

I'm a white guy in a black sport. I really forget about it until someone asks me about it. I'm simply competing in a sport that I love.

The rush you get from competing in front of the whole world, there's nothing like it.

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 don't ever think in terms of losing. That's not even a possibility. I've been beaten once, and I don't ever want to experience that again.

I've fought tactical fights in a gym, but never in a fight before.

With my style, training is very rigorous. You're toe-to-toe, getting beat on six days a week for five or six weeks leading to a fight. There's no fun, no glamour.

The 'Tough Man' contests were for 21-year-olds, but I weighed 150 pounds at 13, so I got a fake ID card and entered. My dad and uncles had given me an edge, so having a boxing background made it easier because a lot of the older guys didn't know how to fight.

People watch me... whatever I do, wherever I go.

Everybody's looking at me expecting me to shrink up and die.

I remember talking to Magic the day I announced I had HIV. He was preaching, 'Do what your doctor tells you.' Well, I didn't have a doctor then, so I got down on my knees, and I prayed.