I want to be the best fighter. I would like to fight in the biggest fights.

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.

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.

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.

You could be the smartest person on earth, but nobody will care if you can’t carry yourself the right way.

Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.

I always wake up early Saturday morning, and I have a little bit more time, so I go to the gym.

Manners are like zero in arithmetic. They may not be much in themselves, but they are capable of adding a great deal of value to everything else.

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.

Whatever is contained must be released.

Great CEOs are not just born with shiny hair and a tie.

I voted Republican this year; the Democrats left a bad taste in my mouth.

Where love reigns, there's no need for laws.

Everybody wants to be loved by everybody, and they'll do everything they can to be loved, including not be who they really are, from person to person.