There are nine million people who see me in the ring and hate my guts. Most of them are white. That's okay. Just spell my name right.

Fighting is a sport; if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you.

I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.

Tupac Shakur always wanted me to smoke weed with him, and I never did it, and I wish I did...That's my biggest regret.

Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.

As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.

Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.

I'm just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.

At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.

Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It's the determination and the will in the guy.

God lets everything happen for a reason. It's all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another.

I'd far rather leave a thought behind me than a child. Other people can have children.

Life is full of choices.Your choice is your true freedom.

The fine art of preparing sushi is something that you watch and learn.

Now, I do come from a part of the country where the people say that the only thing in the middle of the road is a yellow line or roadkill.

We are taught that we can be better than we are. But is there a limit to how good we can be?

Flowers rejoice when night is done, Lift their heads to greet the sun; Sweetest looks and odours raise, In a silent hymn of praise.

Rome was not built in one day.

I’ll die if you go. The Jinn will come, and I’ll have one of my fits. You’ll see, I’ll swallow my tongue and die. Don’t leave me, Mariam jo. Please stay. I’ll die if you go.

But instead of tears, when I press my face against the pillow, a horrible, primal scream comes out of me. It's unlike anything I thought myself capable of. Rage, unlike anything I've ever known.