Imagine what I would have done with my fire-breathing fists.

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.

It was possible that he was making some progress in his mental health condition by seeing me.

Ergo: girls should always make the first move, because (a) they are, on the whole, less likely to be rejected than guys, (b) that way, girls will never get kissed unless they want to be kissed.

I felt as though my mind and heart had been dragged through a thicket of rose bushes and caught on every little thorn.

Perfectionism is self destructive simply because there's no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal.

David Roberts, who is a writer at Vox who I like, had a line about the voter - your voters weren't locked in the room with you, Republican establishment. You were locked in the room with them.

Wanting ... is something 'having' cannot cure.

Living is nothing more or less than doing one thing instead of another.

We were all crazy about music and almost all the money we had, we spent for equipment.

Im constantly being inspired by the old days and taking things from the past and allowing them to lift me up where I am now.

I've been an audience member for friends in plays that I don't enjoy and I have to lie to their faces. It's just part of that lifestyle unfortunately, especially in New York.