“I will do my best, and I promise I will give this guy a fight, and I have to win this fight.”

Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but I’m not treating my opponent like my enemy. We’re doing a job to entertain people.

Being a Christian means accepting Christ as your savior, your God. Thats why you are called a Christian. If you remove Christ, theres only ian and that means I am nothing.

I’m surprised that the fight was kind of easy.

I don’t mind having these relatives. I’ll give them a little, since they all prayed for my victory.

Right now I’m inspired to fight for the honour of my country.

My #1 driving force is my lord and savior Jesus Christ. Also my family, my wife and children.

It’s very relaxing for me to sing. It’s a good break from the hard training and the fighting.

I’m just a regular person who believes life is simple, and I like a simple life.

Well you know it’s dangerous in politics, because especially in the Philippines there’s a lot of killing in politics.

All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important.

For me, boxing isn’t about hurting each other. Boxing is entertainment and making people happy.

The biggest fight in my life is not in boxing. The biggest fight in my life is how to end poverty in my country.

Theres 3 things you need to remember in boxing, work hard, work harder, and work hardest

I eat the same foods almost every day. I have my favorites like Filipino beef broth, chicken soup with lots and lots of rice.

I want to be the best fighter. I would like to fight in the biggest fights.

I’m always having fun in training and in boxing. I think it’s because boxing is my passion.

I was never going to be a doctor or a lawyer, so being a musician seemed to be the best of what was on offer.

You learn all the best stuff in life after you leave school.

If I didn’t swim my best, I’d think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.

Eddie Cochran – I never got to see him live, but he could play. Him and Buddy Holly, they were the best guitarists. They could get a good raunchy beat going.

If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.

The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.

I learned early in sports that to be effective – for a player to play the best he can play – is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.

In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.