I've already established my (political)machinery. It's like a car. It's fixed already. You just have to get in and drive it.

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.

The grass must bend when the wind blows across it.

A disaster where marble has been substituted for imagination.

But I love stand-up, and it's where I came from creatively, so it's something I never want to walk away from.

Don't talk to me. I'm tired and grumpy and I'll probably make fun of you.

By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being.

See, well ya see, the thing is, he should have caught that ball. But the ball is bigger than his hands.

Artists are part of the information process... Visual history is important in providing a record of what is going on - levels of intention, levels of confidence, levels of aggression or control.

For me, darkness is something very beautiful.

I have been incredibly privileged with my roles - after all I have had the chance to do some fantastic fun acting such as the Spice Girls Movie - who can ever forget that!

No issue is so small that it can't be blown out of proportion.