Everything in our family was always boxing. It was the life my father chose for me.

The best feeling is to win by knockout.

As a boxer, you have to put risk in to get to another level.

I just wanna live the moment and just take every moment and embrace it because life is short.

I was one of those kids that was always picked on but, one thing I gotta say it that no matter how bad your life gets, there's always a bright light out there and you gotta find it.

I seek to fight the best out there. I seek to fight the champions in every division I go up to.

If you try your best, you can always be better.

The motivation is in my heart to work toward my goals and my dreams.

Always push beyond what you can do.

Growing up, I kind of adopted that mentality, going all out, being a warrior.

I'm training everyday, even though I should be resting.

They taught me in the Army to make plans based upon the other guy's capabilities, and not based upon his stated intentions. And an employer is capable of firing you at any time.

One of the best aspects of health care reform is it starts to emphasize prevention.

My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters.

Don't you wish we could pick the people we love?" "Yeah," I say. "Or just make the people we love want the same things we want.

Morality will be very difficult for the man who does not pray.

We all know what we mean by fighting terrorism. In reality, there is total cooperation between the countries north and south of the Mediterranean against terrorism.

I love seeing someone else's health improve.

If you ever feel distressed during your day - call upon our Lady - just say this simple prayer: 'Mary, Mother of Jesus, please be a mother to me now.' I must admit - this prayer has never failed me.

Few Americans born after the Civil War know much about war. Real war. War that seeks you out. War that arrives on your doorstep - not once in a blue moon, but once a month or a week or a day.

If you have a sombrero, throw it to the sky!