My boxing inspiration is to one day become world champion, to go as far as I can go and see where it takes me.

Anyone that steps into the ring with me is facing a real welterweight.

I only want to fight real champions; I want to fight real opponents, so that I can climb the latter.

There are certain fighters that if they want to remain relevant they will have to get through me.

I'm in love with boxing. It fell into my lap and I have been in love with it ever since.

When a 140 pounder that moves up fights a 140 pounder moved up and they move up it's a catch weight.

When it comes to boxing I find a way to clear my mind. When it comes to boxing you have to fight. Clear your mind and fight. You can't really think of outside things when you're in the ring.

Zaveck is a tough guy. He has never been knocked down and I love putting people to sleep. Knowing that he has never been knocked down is a true test for me

I tell people all the time, nobody wants to be hit. You have to trick a man, to hit a man.

I'm confident that I can steal rounds by getting inside and throwing punches.

It was my dream as a kid was to make history.

Happiness is the feeling we experience when we are too busy to be miserable.

Maybe its because i rejoice over what i have and don't grieve over what i don't have".

...you called me poet-priest - I am. ...devoted to my art, faithful to you...or, is the other way around?...

You don't know yourself.

The government to you is what God is to agnostics--only to be invoked when your own well being is at stake.

I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves.

But I'm not ready to stop listening to the screwed-up inner voice that's been ordering me around for a lifetime. My head thinks it can kill me... and go on living without me.

Speed is absolutely key to creativity. The more time it takes to create something, the less likely you are to create something.

Sometimes moving on takes effort. Sometimes moving on is harder than it looks.

Effective science began when it passed from the occasional amateur into the hands of men who made the winning of knowledge their special function or profession.