I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.

It's unnatural to fight somebody who has nothing against you and never did anything to you or to your family, who never stole anything from you. And now you've got to go and try to dismantle this guy.

Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.

I could never stop drugs, I could never stop drinking, until I received my spiritual awakening.

Kindness and humbleness are really good qualities to possess. But, if you have to use the word humble, it means you're not humble. And if you're not humble to this world, this world will thrust humbleness upon you.

Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter.

You have to be a friend to yourself. You know, 'cause if you're not a friend to yourself, you're an enemy to yourself and if someone's a friend of everybody they are an enemy to themselves.