It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.

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.

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

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.

Be kind to all pets and animals because they will be kind back to you.

I should prefer that you do not mention my name at all in connection with this case, as I choose to be only associated with those crimes which present some difficulty in their solution.

The cello is not one of my favourite instruments. It has such a lugubrious sound, like someone reading a will.

You simply can't make someone love you if they don't. You must choose someone who already loves you. If you choose someone who does not love you, this is the sort of love you must want.

Traffic was very, very free. It was great.

The ultimate design is little different from the natural world.

An ant can't make a revolution, but a monkey can do; because it owns a fist! No real revolution is ever possible without fist.

The sign of a person who has had an education is good manners.

I believe that we can access stories, and voices from those around us, more easily often than from our own imperfect memories.