I've always believed that you can be whatever you want to be if you are willing to sacrifice and dedicate yourself.

Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.

You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.

People can do more than they ever believe they can do. Physically, mentally, academically. You have to be pushed. It hurts. But it's worth it, and it's a great thing.

Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public to see a knockout in the making.

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.

Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.

My toughest fight was myself. For me to disclose and let things out was not easy because we don't want to seem weak or like we are different, but I learned that it's okay.

I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up.

Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.

When we got back to the U.S., I wanted to kiss the ground after seeing what people in other countries are denied or don't have.

Blinking, twinkling, burning brightAre all the stars that light the night.Dippers, Ursa's and Orion too, But don't forget the star in you.

Any constituency that needs amending, is a prototype in error.

I can't remember faces, don't remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.

People doing what they love and doing it well always inspires me.

Margaret Thatcher - this great lady has not only served her country well, she has served the free world well.

What grows best in the heat: fantasy; unreason; lust.

I feel more important to just encourage people to get involved, one way or another. If I can inspire some leaders, that would be great. I don't know if I want to be a leader.

You've just got to get in the starting gate and throw down whatever you've got.