“Fighters find it hard to give up doing what they do best – fighting for a living.”

We lived in a real rough place but my mother kept me straight.

Odds are just the people opinion. Respect your own opinion.

Everyone has freedom to say whatever they want to say. I think it takes a stronger person to hold their tongue as opposed to speaking out.

I lived in a project and didn’t have a good education. But, I’d listen to the preacher, who said that God would show me the way. Everything starts from that confidence.

Well, number one I like dancing. Number two I knew it would be challenging because I had never done this type of dance before. I always wanted to and I happened to have the courage to go out there and give it my best shot.

Stay on your toes and always move forward.

He listens to his trainer real good. He just doesn’t listen to me. I still can’t get him to do nothing.

As far as working out, I know exactly what I’m doing.

Every time someone starts talking about weight, it takes away from the fight. No one is born at that weight. We grew into that weight. It is all about the challenge, more so than the weight.

I got three whippings a day from my mama.

When you do not change up a lot, people may know you a lot better than they should.

The word of God steadies me. He says your trials and tribulations make you who you are. So you can see my whole story in the way I endured and overcame some testing experiences.

When at a young age you learn to face your fears, that makes the difference between people being champions and people not being champions.

I’ve had a great life following my faith and my instincts.

A champion shows who he is by what he does.

I think my whole living in vain involves me. I know that the biggest help for me is to help someone else in so many different ways.

Optimism is my best defense.

I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.

Extraordinary results happen only when you give the best you have to become the best you can be at your most important work.

She loved me coming and going, at my worst and at my best. She had a bottomless well of love for me.

I think it’s really important to have a life outside of this [movie] business and just be the best person you can be.

You can have the best vaccines for a woman or her child, but if you can’t get her to come and get them then they won’t work.

I accept my body. I accept how I am and make the best of what I am given.

Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.