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.

Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.

I want my fights to be seen as plays that have a beginning, a middle and an end

It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.

Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt.

It is wonderful. It truly is. It is the only thing that is real! It's you against me, it's challenging another guy's manhood. With gloves. Words cannot describe that feeling of being a man, of being a gladiator, of being a warrior. It's irreplaceable.

The only way for a fighter to get back in shape is to fight his way back.