I tell people all the time, nobody wants to be hit. You have to trick a man, to hit a man.

Anyone that steps into the ring with me is facing a real welterweight.

I only want to fight real champions; I want to fight real opponents, so that I can climb the latter.

There are certain fighters that if they want to remain relevant they will have to get through me.

I'm in love with boxing. It fell into my lap and I have been in love with it ever since.

When a 140 pounder that moves up fights a 140 pounder moved up and they move up it's a catch weight.

When it comes to boxing I find a way to clear my mind. When it comes to boxing you have to fight. Clear your mind and fight. You can't really think of outside things when you're in the ring.

Zaveck is a tough guy. He has never been knocked down and I love putting people to sleep. Knowing that he has never been knocked down is a true test for me

I'm confident that I can steal rounds by getting inside and throwing punches.

It was my dream as a kid was to make history.

When I say I'm a true welterweight I'm talking about every fighter that has ever moved into the welterweight division.

My thoughts became demons and made my mind evil.

It takes dedicated parents to produce consecrated children.

How many times do I have to tell you? We are not gangsters!

Any time you burn a cross in Virginia, it's a crime?

Things that raise your energy usually don't involve humans; things that cause energy loss usually involve humans.

Playing a villain was fun, only because you get to do all the things you wouldn't normally do in your real life.

Artists are the people for whom the world is not enough.

My interest in the sciences started with mathematics in the very beginning, and later with chemistry in early high school and the proverbial home chemistry set.

Floor exercise, the longest you run is two or three steps. In the vault, it's not a whole lot more than that.

If man had more of a sense of humor, things might have turned out differently.