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I could throw pretty hard. I might strike out 16 guys, but I might walk 10. I mean, I was wild.

It would be hard to throw a punch to someone who wasn't a boxer, who wasn't in the ring, and who didn't have on a pair of boxing gloves and who hadn't been training.

There used to be an old thing where every team had a heavy bag in their locker room for people to punch, but again, it was more about conditioning because if you hit a heavy bag for a minute, it feels like your arms are about to fall off.

I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.

I'm going to hit you as hard as I can regardless of whether you touch my gloves or not.

I wasn't allowed to throw big hooks and overhand rights until I'd been striking for three years. It's so you don't rely on those things from the very beginning. If your footwork sucks, and you can only stand in one place and throw your hands all crazy while the other person is running around, you're never going to be able to hit them.

I don't think some athletes understand how big it is to be an athlete, what they can do with just a simple gesture of shaking a kid's hand. It can make a fan's day. It can make a fan's life.

Gloves make you so much more delicate.

That's the beautiful thing about baseball. You can be any size and be successful.

You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread.