Defeat will help you. I've been there and done that. I shook it off and came back stronger. It's nothing to be scared about.

You can take your fitness seriously, but not yourself. That's the most difficult part: not to relax. That's the most difficult challenge I'm facing every fight.

That's the most terrible mistake you can make: to relax. It's difficult to become a champion, but it's more difficult to maintain it for many years because you're getting too comfortable.

The challenge for me is his size because, for the first time in my career, I'll be meeting an opponent who is taller than me and has a longer reach.

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

I never fought in my life outside of a ring.

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