I was one of those kids that was always picked on but, one thing I gotta say it that no matter how bad your life gets, there's always a bright light out there and you gotta find it.

Always push beyond what you can do.

He's going for the home run, I'm going for the grand slam. If he gets a lot of strikeouts, I'm getting a shutout. I just have that positivity, that mentality that I can conquer whatever he gives out.

Everything in our family was always boxing. It was the life my father chose for me.

A lot of guys just punch with their arms; they don't utilize every part of their muscles they can use. I know how to use that, and that's where the power comes in.

My Internet friends who I play games with say, 'This guy's a fighter?' I'm the last person they expect to be a fighter.

Seeing the Mexican fighters, it gave me, physically and mentally, ready for an all our war.