Boxing's in my genes. I come from a fighting background. My dad and both my uncles were good boxers. I'm blessed with the art of war.

You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.

Everybody is blessed with a certain talent, you have to know what your talent is maximize it and push it to the limit.

I'm a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit.

Just live every day like it's your last day and be the best person that you can be.

To be the best you have to work overtime.

As long as you know you gave whatever you did 100% you're considered a winner in my book.

I know how I could beat myself: by not being disciplined, by slacking, by not dedicating myself to my craft, by not working hard, by not listening, by thinking I know it all - short like that.

I've done some things that I shouldn't have done but I know I'm not a bad person, and I know that I can become a better person... Only thing I can do is work at it.

If I did want to come back, I was going to make, what, $50 million? You know what; don't call my phone unless you've got $100 million.

A true champion can adapt to anything.

Something draws you... An impatience with your own ignorance.

Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives from the French-Haitian contradance.

It takes time for an acorn to turn into an oak, but the oak is already implied in the acorn.

Meditation, yoga, and walks are all ways to regulate our stress and reconnect.

by night only crazy things like the full moon and the whippoorwill and us, are busy.

You have to be a little patient if you're an artist. People don't always get you the first time.

(When asked what a director does) I help.

I paint to evoke a changing language of symbols, a language with which to remark upon the qualities of our mysterious capacities which direct us towards the ultimate reality.

But I don't want to be out there anymore; I don't want people asking me about my health issues, about my kids. I choose not to be a public paparazzi girl on purpose.

He did nothing in particular, and did it very well.