Quotes

Whether it's boxing or in life, I've gotten here by any means necessary.

Champions, no matter what's going on in their life or even in the gym, at the end of the day when it's time to do what they do best, they go in there and they block all that out. They block out all the noise, they block out all the ups and downs,and they do the job. And that's what I'm best at.

We're not just up here keeping our fingers crossed hoping that things turn out how they should. That's not how life works. If you want something, then you've got to believe it and you've got to feel it in your heart. But you got to work for it.

Everything that happens in a fight is the same as what happens in life.

I'm fit all year round and I like the right lifestyle.

People don't realize the impact they have on your life.

I don't want to get beat - in life, in anything. I'm a very prideful person. My will to win has been with me forever.

I've got a chip on my shoulder, but that's something I've carried with me my whole life.

The oddsmakers can have me as an underdog. I've been an underdog my whole life, and I've been proving them wrong my whole life. Those are just numbers.

I've been told my whole life what I can and can't be and what I can and can't achieve.

My head has played a big part and that's what makes any great champion in any sport or just in life.

This is not just a job. Boxing is my whole life.

Boxing is life or death for me. I do not look at this as just a sport, this is my livelihood. If I don't win, I don't get to go home, because I'm not going to have a home.

I knew I could grow up to be whatever I wanted to be and my whole life the only thing I wanted to be is a fighter.

My whole life, I've been hearing, 'He's good for a white boy'... My plan in boxing is just to eliminate stereotypes. I don't feel like just because the color of my skin that I can and can't do something.

People go through things in life where they put a certain amount of work or time in and you feel indestructible.

I'm a blessed man, I've had many blessings in my life. But I've had many trials as well and those trials have made me have to dig deep.

If you look back over my life, there's been a lot of things that have happened that I really haven't had any control over, from my childhood to where I grew up to what went on in the household to stuff with my mother, to my daughter. The list goes on and on.

I've been boxing my whole life.

I never thought acting would be my life. I only started doing it because I needed something to occupy my weekends after I dislocated my knee and couldn't play sport.

I want to be able to have a conversation with people. I don't want to be stupid. I'd like to have a life outside acting.

I think this happens to a lot of people, men and women, where you reach a point in your life and all of a sudden realize that things have changed. You suddenly realize that people are coming up behind you, that maybe somebody might want to replace you for less money.

The thing I most connect with is the idea of not giving up. And that's a thing I have in my own life. You have to trust your instincts and keep trying.

When we all retire it will be the happiest day of her life. She's proud of what we've all done but she doesn't enjoy it. Most mums of boxers only have one to worry about - but she's got four.

The ultimate goal for me is to be the world champion - it's all I've wanted to do since I was a kid - so when the money that comes with it is life-changing, yes, that's nice, but get The Ring magazine belt, being considered the world champion, is something money can't buy.