I want my fights to be seen as plays that have a beginning, a middle and an end

Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.

You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.

People can do more than they ever believe they can do. Physically, mentally, academically. You have to be pushed. It hurts. But it's worth it, and it's a great thing.

Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public to see a knockout in the making.

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.

Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.

I've always believed that you can be whatever you want to be if you are willing to sacrifice and dedicate yourself.

My toughest fight was myself. For me to disclose and let things out was not easy because we don't want to seem weak or like we are different, but I learned that it's okay.

I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up.

Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.

It takes persistent practice to be skilful in the act.

Boss may be on, but leader can be anyone.

All of us can lie but it is not a must that we should lie.

One does not go to the theater to escape from himself, but to reestablish contact with the mystery that we all are.

One's suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields - even to sadness.

He's not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)

You can only see one thing clearly, and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that, and cling to it through thick and thin.

Am I Getting Lazy? Am I Too Busy? Am I Becoming Arrogant? Am I Getting Timid? If you answer 'yes' to any one of these questions, that's your warning to Kick that attitude!

When comedy fails, seriousness begins to leak back in.

When I perform, it's definitely about duration. I don't play any kind of time signature known to man.