“I say to Floyd Mayweather Jr., don’t be a coward and face me in the ring, mano a mano, and shut your big, pretty mouth so we can show the world who is the true king of the ring.”

I’m just going to punch him and do my best. If the knockout comes, it comes.

I live my life like everyday is my last.

I’m not against gay people.

Imagine what I would have done with my fire-breathing fists.

It’s just a game. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

I never compare myself to anybody. I don’t look at my accomplishments compared to anyone. I’m happy with what I’ve accomplished in boxing.

Most of leaders in Philippine politics come from rich family.

Obey God’s law first before considering the laws of man.

Nothing personal – I am just doing my job.

I know what poverty is.

I come from a poor family.

Nobody can say that I’m lazy in training.

I’m happy to help people.

My success is not about the wealth and fame. I am most concerned with my relationship to God, which is the most important.

The religion is a personal thing in my life and fighting in the ring, it’s boxing. It’s my profession. God always gives me strength.

I was in tailoring business, I sold flowers on the street, I worked construction and many odd jobs.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.

Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.

Be with someone who willingly runs in the storm with you, not someone who cowers away because of turbulent winds.

I have no room for monsters and cowards claiming to be something they’re not, who lie to get what they want.

I’m a hero with coward’s legs.

Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.

A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything.