I try not to be protected. Because I feel like you can become a little bit of a robot. That's not who I am. And I don't want to be monotone. It's important to be yourself, whatever the cost.

I'm not one to blame anyone else for anything. And I don't think anyone else should either.

I've always been a fighter and I've always fought through things my whole life.

I have started to realize that I am really just a world athlete and a world entertainer -- I am a world-known person, I am a global icon.

I'm so frugal, you wouldn't believe it.

I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall

I just never give up. I fight to the end. You can't go out and say, 'I want a bag of never-say-die spirit.' It's not for sale. It has to be innate.