But when I looked at a lot of the questions they had on them army tests, I just didn't know the answers. I don't even know how to start after finding the answers. That's all.

I'm just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence.

I had to prove you could be a new kind of black man. I had to show the world.

Now I had won the gold medal. But it didn't mean anything, because I didn't have the right color skin.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

You can't keep your mind on fighting when you're thinking about a woman. You can't keep your concentration. You feel like sleeping all the time.

Hana, everything that God made valuable in the world is covered and hard to get to. Where do you find diamonds? Deep down in the ground, covered and protected. Where do you find pearls? Deep down at the bottom of the ocean, covered up and protected in a beautiful shell. Where do you find gold? Way down in the mine, covered over with layers and layers of rock. You've got to work hard to get to them.