“I don’t have to fight if I don’t want to.”

I’m a man of my word.

A true champion can adapt to anything.

I always put my boxing first.

I’m a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit.

You could take me anywhere. You could take me to the moon, and believe me, everybody’s going to try to take a trip to the moon to watch me fight.

You’ve got to have a villain and they’ll always make me a villain. I’m used to it – it makes me work harder and it makes me fight harder.

When you’re the best, you only want to surround yourself with the best.

There’s ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.

I think I already proved that I wasn’t just fighting for the money, because I fought as an amateur. I fought 90 fights for free.

I push myself to the limit.

I turned pro as a 20-year-old, won a world title a year later, and remained a world champion ever since.

I’ll back up anything my dad says.

Every home that I have is paid for, every car that I have is paid for, and I am a hundred-million-dollar man. I mean, this is the truth; it’s not a lie.

You have to protect yourself at all times. What goes around comes around.

People have said things about me, and wrote and criticized me about things in the past, but it goes in one ear and out the other.

I think my grandmother saw my potential first. When I was young, I told her, ‘I think I should get a job.’ She said, ‘No, just keep boxing.’

It is difficult to fight against anger; for a man will buy revenge with his soul.

There comes a time when people start trying to dim your light. It’s the toughest fight, stay strong, you’re meant to fly beyond the skies.

Do not take someone’s silence as his pride, perhaps he is busy fighting with his self.

I don’t promote giving up. I promote fighting and winning.

Who wishes to fight must first count the cost

We are never assured of justice without a fight.

President Obama is right – we can’t just imagine a better future. We have to fight for it. One more day. Let’s give it all we’ve got.

Fight every chance you can to be you. Don’t let them intimidate you. Authenticity is greatness.