Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy

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.

Never do what the devil provokes you to do

I do not mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is the language I don't understand.

Tree killing is arborcide.

My pen is my harp and my lyre; my library is my garden and my orchard.

I got what I wanted. I wanted a win.

The best part of work is always working with people and getting to know them and having the sense that you're not actually working.

You need a balance in life between dealing with whats going on inside and not being so absorbed in yourself that it takes over.

I'm the person who stops and gives any homeless person any money that they want.

I have never ever Googled myself, in fact I think the Christian right prohibits such things.

The person I like most is the one who points out my defects