I'm doing this for my family and my country.

I come from a poor family.

Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow.

It's just a game. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

Boxing is not for killing each other.

If you practice hard, you can win every battle.

Even in my prime, I need God in my life because without God, we're nothing.

I’ve worked in construction, in a factory sewing clothes. I also sold flowers and doughnuts - just odd jobs to try to make 10 pesos, which is equivalent to 20 cents.

Theres 3 things you need to remember in boxing, work hard, work harder, and work hardest

I've always fought for my country, in my own way, showing that Filipinos are a strong people and can do anything that they put their minds to.

My success is not about the wealth and fame. I am most concerned with my relationship to God, which is the most important.

There either is a god or there is not

Be yourself, it doesn‘t matter who is looking, Fall in love like you’ve never been hurt, Sing like you are alone even when you are not, And be free like it's paradise on earth.

Asides your power, passion and poise, what glues the posters of your impacts on memorial walls is how you treat those you need and those who need you.

If you don't have any feelings for Will Darcy, why are you blushing and fixing your hair?

Observable Fact: I don’t believe in magic.Observable Fact: We are magic.

...[T]he really important thing is not to live, but to live well... [a]nd to live well means the same thing as to live honourably or rightly...

If you have an important decision to make, or even a small one, it is good to make your decision with the guidance of the Lord.

Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus - it's simply learning how to focus.

If you try your best to be the best parent you can be, you will have done all that a human being can do and all that God expects you to do.

The fact is I am growing old too fast, alas! I feel it, and yet work I will, and may God grant me life to see the last plate of my mammoth work finished.