I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
He punched me. If that's his best punch, he'll be in trouble some day.
I don't fear Holmes, but I think he's a good fighter. He has a lot of pride. But I wouldn't be fighting him if I feared him. It's going to be a tough fight. People say with all the hoopla out there, I won't be able to handle it. I believe the pressure's on him. I'm just going to do my thing.
I just got into Mike Tyson. My security people kept saying, 'Haven't you seen him yet?' Well, I finally did, and he's got a real knockout punch.
The knock-out punch is always the one you never see coming.
In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didn't have any fear. I thought, 'This is easy. This is what I've been waiting for'. No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost.
The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself.
The fear really hits you. That's what you feel first. And then it's the anger and frustration. Part of the problem is how little we understand about the ultimate betrayal of the body when it rebels against itself.
No matter how big and strong you are... even Tyson said he was scared as hell walking to the ring. Everyone feels the pressure.
I'm happy to report that everybody whose face I've wanted to punch on Earth has already been punched.
My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line.