“I am going to get world-wide recognition from whoever wants it, and whoever wants to challenge me.”

To build my legacy and be that person I want to be, this is what it’s going to take: to get on the road and travel. Let’s do it that way.

We knew Stiverne was tough. You’ve got to give it to him. He’s got a tough chin.

Everybody has their due season. And it’s all about what you do in your season.

I don’t care what you have done before or what you are capable of: if you come up against a guy like me, you are in trouble.

This is the hardest part for me. Just the waiting – the waiting to fight. The work has all been done, and you just have to wait.

People have to realize that God has blessed me with power. He hasn’t got me this far for no reason. I feel like God has a plan for me in this sport. That’s how I have came up this fast.

It don’t matter if I got a broke hand, got a torn muscle: I’m going to fight like heavyweight champions do.

I don’t know how a man can live with himself to get to the top knowing he didn’t do it the right way.

There’s no other heavyweight in the division like me, especially when it comes into the athletic department. I’m the most athletic heavyweight in the division.

Some guys may play around and say a couple of things, but if I say it, I mean it. I may laugh, it may be funny, but if I say I’m going to get you, I’m going to get you.

I’m not losing no time soon, or ever, till I retire.

My right hand is a monster.

I am very comfortable travelling and going into other territories.

Having patience is one of the hardest things about being human. We want to do it now, and we don’t want to wait. Sometimes we miss out on our blessing when we rush things and do it on our own time.

I don’t see myself being in the sport a very long period of time, so I want to fight as much as possible.

Street fight, you just ground and pound ’em. Boxing is totally different.

Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.

Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.

Even if we didn’t know the context, we were instructed to remember that context existed. Everyone on earth, they’d tell us, was carrying around an unseen history, and that alone deserved some tolerance.

I look back on the discomfort of that moment now and recognize the more universal challenge of squaring who you are with where you come from and where you want to go.

Violence won’t solve a thing. It makes it more challenging to solve, though.

It’s easier to hold onto your own stereotypes and misconceptions, it makes you feel justified in your own ignorance. That’s America. So the challenge for us is, are we ready for change?

The U.S. Navy SEAL Teams were at the forefront of this leadership transformation, emerging from the triumphs and tragedies of war with a crystallized understanding of what it takes to succeed in the most challenging environments that combat presents.

It’s a challenge for all quarterbacks, though: You want to make the big play; you want to throw a touchdown every single play. But at the same time, you have to know that it’s a process.