I've had boxing gloves on since before I could walk and been in gyms all of my life.

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.

Happiness isn't something you experience it's something you remember.

I think you just have to take the bad with the good and you're going to get hurt more, but it's worth it.

Fornication: but that was in another country; And besides, the wench is dead.

Imagination allows you to think of the journey worth making. Motivation gets you started. But, it's patience and perseverance that get you there.

Success is a state of mind, waiting for action.

Both Hindu, as well as Islamic fundamentalism, feed on the poverty of the masses.

And, by the way, how come all the people who were so in favor of unilateral nuclear disarmament are so opposed to unilateral protection against nukes?

All the blues greats took chances and developed their own style. They didn't copy.

I'm a black lady from the Lower East Side of New York. Not a lot intimidates me.

We never hid anything from the kids. I feel whole again, I really do. I've told them, 'Mommy's boo-boo is much better now.'