I walk around at 150-152 pounds to weigh 147 pounds. Other boxers weigh around 160-170 before coming down.

I don't duck or dodge anybody.

I know how I could beat myself: by not being disciplined, by slacking, by not dedicating myself to my craft, by not working hard, by not listening, by thinking I know it all - short like that.

I ain't never nervous. Never nervous.

You know, as a young child, I lay in my bedroom and I swore to myself then: 'I'm not going to smoke and I'm not going to drink.' And I said I'm not going to just say that when I'm a kid. I'm going to stick to that as an adult. I kept that in mind my whole life.

Once I am in the square circle, I am in my home.

When people see what I have now, they have no idea of where I came from and how I didn't have anything growing up.