I knew it was all or nothing.

Just swerve Golovkin like the plague. He punches like a mule. I don't need to be in with him. Dangerous fight.

It's not Beirut or Bosnia.

It's counterproductive and self-destructive to bear grudges with people that are negative.

I was prepared to get knocked out myself trying to knock him out, because then I could sleep at night knowing that I've given my best.

It is satisfying following such an emphatic victory over the current unbeaten champion (Lucian Bute) to know that there's a lot of people eating humble pie.

Your longevity in the sport is governed by how you live in between the fights.

Joe Calzaghe was using the excuse, no one knows who I am in America. Now everyone knows who I am in America.

He's got a rematch clause in his contract but I'm not sure if he's going to want to exercise that rematch but if he does, I'd happily oblige. I'll go over to Canada and give him another whooping.

Somebody thinking that they can make noise intimidate me is comical.

Some people have a team of ten people - Waste of money, waste of time. I do it on my own when I'm in the ring.

I'm man enough to know when to scream.

...and the worse the memory, the stronger its stranglehold on the present.

Words travel as swiftly as desire, so it is possible to send a message of love without them.

In this world of stars, I just want to be different

... something under $50 billion for the cost. How much of that would be the U.S. burden, and how much would be other countries, is an open question.

The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear.

Passion, sexual passion, may lead to marriage, but cannot sustain marriage. The purpose of marriage is the raising of children, for which patience, not passion, is the necessary foundation.

The longest journey you'll ever make is the journey from the head to the heart

Praise is well, compliment is well, but affection-that is the last and most precious reward that any man can win, whether by character or achievement.

Thou art Justice ne'er for gold May thy righteous laws be sold As laws are in England thou Shield'st alike the high and low.