Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle.

Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.

You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.

People can do more than they ever believe they can do. Physically, mentally, academically. You have to be pushed. It hurts. But it's worth it, and it's a great thing.

Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public to see a knockout in the making.

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.

Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.

I've always believed that you can be whatever you want to be if you are willing to sacrifice and dedicate yourself.

My toughest fight was myself. For me to disclose and let things out was not easy because we don't want to seem weak or like we are different, but I learned that it's okay.

I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up.

Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.

Change is an opportunity to grow. Change is not an adversity to fear.

Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

Who we are is the result of how we live and act on a daily basis. Our daily actions reflect our prime values and motivations.

The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims.

Get comfortable with the idea that you won’t know what’s good until it’s already happened.

What happened to a dream without a dreamer?

Creativity is the opposite of TV

Bitcoins are not an investment. They are an investment fad that someday could be a real digital currency, but if they continue to behave as they have, they will instead be nothing.

People who have few possessions cling tightly to those they have. That is one of the facts that make life so discouraging.

Love is cheering and sharing and compassion, and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy, or relief to anyone or anything.