Nobody can say that I’m lazy in training.

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.

Fears can stop dreams, but not regrets

The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backward.

Usually my ideas for work have revolved around my interest in people, especially people that live on the edges of society.

My big toe alone is the size of Yorkshire.

The fruit of the Spirit wasn't intended to be a list of goals for us to produce - it is the Holy Spirit through us who produces fruit.

Books for general reading always smell bad; the odor of common people hangs around them.

The advent of DNA testing, and the number of convictions thrown out, has confirmed that we've put LOTS of innocent people to death. There need not be any other argument against death penalty.

We've turned into a nation of mothers to our men. I think it's a dreadful mistake that doesn't benefit anybody.

A committee is a life form with six or more legs and no brain.