“This isn't about Tommy. This isn't about getting him more publicity, about impressing people, about getting the media here (two Chicago TV stations covered the event). It's about giving back.”
“I thought that he would have been a better boxer than a football player, because being a football player you have to have size, you have to have speed. It's a lot more difficult to get a scholarship for football than it is to go into the gym and go box.”
“He's been doing this for 10 years, of course he gets hurt. It's a blood sport. You're supposed to get hurt. ... Every boxer gets hurt. When you come back from sparring, you're hurt.”
“It was an exciting day today. We flew out [to New York]; we were treated like royalty, rubbed elbows with the best in the business. He's on pay-per-view. He's at Madison Square Garden. That's like being in the Super Bowl. That's like being in the national championship. Fighters who have fought for 10 years -- title-holders -- don't get a chance to fight at the Garden.”
