Growing up as an amateur, I wasn't much of a power puncher. I was more of a speed guy.

The best feeling is to win by knockout.

As a boxer, you have to put risk in to get to another level.

I just wanna live the moment and just take every moment and embrace it because life is short.

I was one of those kids that was always picked on but, one thing I gotta say it that no matter how bad your life gets, there's always a bright light out there and you gotta find it.

I seek to fight the best out there. I seek to fight the champions in every division I go up to.

If you try your best, you can always be better.

The motivation is in my heart to work toward my goals and my dreams.

Always push beyond what you can do.

Growing up, I kind of adopted that mentality, going all out, being a warrior.

I'm training everyday, even though I should be resting.

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.

It's so sad to see how few people in the Obama administration have any private sector experience.

An open society calls itself open to improvement. It is based on the recognition that people have divergent views and interests, and that nobody is in possession of the ultimate truth.

When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget.

When I believe in something, I'm very passionate. I don't take 'no' for an answer.

You cannot buy trust at any price. But slowly, over time, you can build it for free.

In some way they are all self-portraits, but I think I know what you mean by asking this - I would say, it is too idealistic to paint yourself.

What a joy Mary Jo Putney is to read; she can't write fast enough for me.

I see who I want to be, in my daughter's eyes.

The few things that work fantastically well should be identified, cultivated, nurtured, and multiplied.