I was in tailoring business, I sold flowers on the street, I worked construction and many odd jobs.

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.

In order to free ourselves from our assumptions about love, we must ask ourselves what long-held, often buried assumptions are and then face them, which takes courage, humility, and kindness.

His gratitude widened his smile and bent his back.

The arc of our history is toward more equality being expanded to more and more people.

If I associate with chickens, I will learn to scratch at the ground and squabble over crumbs. If I associate with eagles, I will learn to soar to great heights.

I am convinced that these heavenly beings exist and that they provide unseen aid on our behalf.

Who has self-confidence will lead the rest.

A perfect example of the new republic's urge to drape itself with the togas of classical respectability.

The attacks on old words and the coining of new are the visible tip of the iceberg of change.

I've come to learn that conditioning is a huge thing, so I'm definitely trying to get my conditioning up.

I must play the instrument I've got.