You can’t be disturbed by anything. There’s no emotion involved. You can’t feel sorrow, you can’t feel pity, there’s nothing you feel. The job has to be done.

Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Then, like a rat, they stop in fear and freeze.

I fight for perfection

Some people are faster than others; I'm just figuring it out later, that's all. I'm getting smart too late and old too soon.

Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn't talk much. I never met him.

Fighting is all about calmness and relaxation. My appearance was all an illusion. My appearance is of a mad man, but I'm really calm and collected. Even though I'm fighting, I'm calm and relaxed as possible, despite my displays, because once you get excited, you can't fight at the highest level of your ability.

I never think of physical fighting. It's always spiritual. Fighting is spiritual.