I will still be involved as a coach when I hang up my gloves though. You must receive a lot of attention at school especially when you have a fight scheduled or after a contest. The students seem to give me probably more respect because of the boxing. Not because I am tough etc. They see me as a partial peer and not just as an authority figure.
Teaching requires a lot of time.
It is really very demanding. It is extremely difficult to come into the gym after spending 8-10 hours a day with the kids and dealing with their emotional problems. Also, the teaching thing is not just 8 hours a day and forget about it, I take a lot of it into the gym and home also. Once you get involved with a child's life you can not just go on with your life and not be affected by it. As a professional athlete you have to just accept it and keep working hard.