I’ve worked in construction, in a factory sewing clothes. I also sold flowers and doughnuts - just odd jobs to try to make 10 pesos, which is equivalent to 20 cents.

I come from a poor family.

Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow.

It's just a game. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

Boxing is not for killing each other.

If you practice hard, you can win every battle.

Even in my prime, I need God in my life because without God, we're nothing.

Theres 3 things you need to remember in boxing, work hard, work harder, and work hardest

I've always fought for my country, in my own way, showing that Filipinos are a strong people and can do anything that they put their minds to.

My success is not about the wealth and fame. I am most concerned with my relationship to God, which is the most important.

Being a Christian means accepting Christ as your savior, your God. Thats why you are called a Christian. If you remove Christ, theres only ian and that means I am nothing.

It feels good not to think about anything that wears on me. We all need that kind of of room in our lives.

It is not a first time in history that we have got people who have sold out and subverted the ideas for which they stood for in the past.

Evil can be undone, but it cannot 'develop' into good. Time does not heal it. The spell must be unwound, bit by bit, 'with backward mutters of dissevering power' - or else not.

If you want to make better use of your time, you need to be looking for the small increments of time ... a minute here, five minutes there, etc.

Sometimes you finish the poem, and that last piece clicks in place. Sometimes the poem is finished with you.

Britain is China's best partner in the West.

I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.

I'm too nervous to eat before I go onstage, and I'll usually eat out after the performance or when I get home at midnight.

One of the cool, chaste countries - Canada or Sweden.

If you are not comortable to deal with an opponent 50 lbs heavier than you, there is something wrong with your Jiu Jitsu.