To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training.

Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.

I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares.

My toughest fight was myself. For me to disclose and let things out was not easy because we don't want to seem weak or like we are different, but I learned that it's okay.

I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself

Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.

I've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject.