“I really want to be the black Mr. Rogers – that’s my goal. I would do everything the same but with a hip-hop feel to it.”

We always honor our people when they die; we’ve got to honor them while we’re still alive.

I can be serious, but there’s got to be a lighter side.

There’s not enough people being daring and different. There are a lot of followers in hip-hop.

I just wanted to be different; I didn’t wanna sound like anybody else.

My thing is whatever comes at me, I’m there. But DJ-ing and music is my passion. I’m going to be unpredictable.

Damn it feels good to see people up on it.

I can sell anything. I’m very convincing.

I would never be a sellout, but you can never be a sellout to kids. Kids is kids!

When I used to be on stage, I used to be out of breath; I couldn’t walk that far. Now, I got so much energy. I can do a whole show.

We’re out playing ball in the gym, I put boogers on the basketball and pass it to him

I don’t care about anything but what I want to do. You can’t worry about what else is happening out there. You have to be true to yourself.

We put boogers on our fingers, then shake your hand.

They say I look and sound ugly but I don’t be carin.

Either I believe I can be the best heavyweight fighter in the world and beat everyone, or I will not. I feel I can beat everyone as a heavyweight.

I still feel I am that 14-year-old kid, hungry and trying to find a way through life. That’s what I’m trying to develop, trying to be good at something through boxing. But I feel like that young kid who’s trying and trying.

I feel everything to the bottom of its depth maybe its a gift, its probably a curse.

The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It’s the same thing, fear, but it’s what you do with it that matters.

I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.

I’ve never felt like this in any other country. I feel at home, I feel wonderful.

I feel like I got a whole lot of living to do before I think about summing it up in a book.

The people who support me and my dreams make me feel like I’m on top of the world.