Once you're inside the ring, a fight is a fight. Fans can't fight for you, the hometown crowd can't fight for you.

Every boxer is tough for me. I don't think any opponent is better than any other. Every opponent is the same for me.

I respect every opponent no matter their record, no matter their title belts. I approach each opponent the same way.

I always feel like I'm in the best shape of my life for every fight I'm in.

I think the media, the boxing public hasn't seen me at my best simply because great opposition brings out the best in you.

I'm confident you haven't seen the best yet. And I will only get better through time and through tougher competition.

(You know) you're improving from fight to fight (when you can) showcase your talents against greater opponents every time.

When I was growing up we didn't have a massive house and there were five women running around, so my dad and I had to stick together!

There are horizons through the brickwork, you wait and see.

you can win a talent show and be so famous that you cant walk down the street, but no-one knows you next monday.

Change can never be good until you face it head-on.

If a cavalcade of organized killing has nothing to teach us, I don’t know what does.

Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as well.

Potential," I said, "doesn't mean a thing. You've got to do it. Almost every baby in a crib has more potential than I have.

Sure, I'd like to see Apples built in the United States, not built in China. I'd like to see them have factories in the United States. At least, partially.

Everything is a hero: A lighthouse which gives light to us; weeds that provide shelter to little insects; a water drop which quenches a thirsty ant! Everything that helps us to live is a hero!

Sometimes divorce is better than marriage