I was blessed to have a lot of people like that around me, like I said, Tony Tubbs, Michael Dokes, they helped me get ready for the Pan-Am games. I was an amateur, and I was just a peanut-size drop in the ocean compared to them, but they worked with me, but they didn’t baby me with it, and they didn’t try to ruin my confidence. That’s why I tell people, don’t hurt a young kid that’s trying to learn this trade, because you may be stopping a future world champion only because he doesn’t have any experience, and you just took advantage of it. A lot of good people behind me, and pushing me, and working with me, and I attribute my success to them.
