Everybody was happy my brother was locked up. Not me because I know what it feels like to be in there. It ain't made for everybody, but I knocked a lot of blocks down.

They say before you make something happen you have to see it yourself. I have been seeing it for a long time and I am living my dream.

I don't play games. I ran away from home because my Dad brought me an Xbox.

Sometimes it's not about speed about power, it's about up here man [points to his head]. All these guys are not with me mentally.

You seen it, was it as pretty as me?

I am the biggest face of boxing right now. That's how I feel. I am the greatest of this era.

It don't matter what competition it is. I make it all look easy.

Boxing is an all year round sport. You never know when they're going to call you, so you got to stay ready.

When I want to talk to someone from Golden Boy, I make sure Richard calls me. Bosses talk to bosses.

I smiled, danced and cried my way out.

Ay Rios, you want to fight at 140? We can fight at 140. You're chubby, I just seen you in Vegas, you were chubby, your ears were chubby.

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Lesson number one, she muttered, love is beyond your grasp. Lesson two: nowhere is it written that you're guaranteed fairness. And three: there's only right and wrong.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.

I think science is a foreign land for many people, so I think of my role as an ambassador's job.

We're always going to have prejudices ... I don't think we can change society. You can only change individual by individual. And you can change yourself.

Ultimately, if circumstances line-up in a way that makes it possible for Fugazi to play and the desire was there, we would do that.

I'm so happy with my family, my career and my friends, and I'd like for them to be here forever, so I guess loss is what scares me the most.

It's unlikely that you were a frog in a past life.

I want to be awake. I want to choose kindness, live & let live. I want joy, gratitude, and peace today.