My concern is what fight we can give to the fans. My first concern as a boxer is to try hard and give a good fight for the fans.

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.

Peak Performance is not a destination but a journey!

Great success doesn't come without a little bit of risk.

What was it about my obsession with romance that always made me feel embarrassed? Like it was a silly, girlish thing to obsess about. In reality, it was what we all wanted, right?

My relationship, my friendships with Grateful Dead, has shaped me. Our house is a shrine to all our musical heroes.

Don't leave my ocean for shallow waters then ask me about the moon.

If I didn't find out, or learn, that I was an alcoholic and I didn't take the 12 Steps of Recovery, I wouldn't be the person I am today. So, I would do it again in a heartbeat.

I'm no good at anything. Not men. Not social skills. Not work. Nothing.

The best and most telling speech is not the actual impromptu one but the counterfeit of it.

The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, "The trouble with this country is...."

When Scythrop grew up, he was sent, as usual, to a public school, where a little learning was painfully beaten into him, and from thence to the university, where it was carefully taken out of him.