He's been an inspiration for me since the Olympics 1996.

I have a Ph.D. in philosophy and sports science. At 14, I went through this really tough Soviet training system. A lot of my roommates got psychologically broken or physically injured. Either you came through, or you were out. I made my Ph.D. work in the field of young athletes aged 14-19 because at this age any human is changing.

I never fought in my life outside of a ring.

From nothing to everything is a long way, from everything to nothing is one stop.

If he goes down, he is to get up, and continue to fight, until I finish the process.

My brother is a doctor and he will take care of post-traumatic stress. I think he'll do it for free.

Only younger brothers will understand me. We're following in the footsteps of older brothers. You are looking up to your brother. You want to do the same things. You want to do as good as he and do it even better.