Kostya quit, Starr is right - but that doesn't make him a quitter. It was a realistic choice.

It takes just a bit of bravery to put yourself in the position where someone could even raise the question of whether you might be a quitter.

A quitter would have quit. So would a wise person. Same behavior, different motivation.

The onus is on us fools out here to see if we can tell the difference. I think most of us can.

If Kostya wants to have a period of hemming and hawing as he says his final good-byes to his boxing career, so be it. It's kind of like a divorce, or wondering if you should move away from a town you've lived in for 15 or 20 years. Takes time to process.

The impatience of some of you folks about all that is absolutely meaningless. You aren't that important. Go watch cartoons.