“That’s all I want – to shock the world. The only way to do it is to do something hard.”

I got speed and power. I got two things. And I’ve all the other aspects of boxing.

I just fight like myself. I’m like a cat – if I see the opening, I’m going to shoot for it. I think what stands out is my accuracy.

In 2020, I want to set a standard where I’m only fighting the best guys.

Once I beat Gervonta Davis like I’ve been calling it, that’s going to be like history repeats itself with Sonny Liston and Muhammad Ali.

I want to leave my own legacy and write my own story.

I’m learning what triggers me. What to stay away from. What I do like and what I don’t like. To me, I’ve learned so much about myself that now I’m a stronger person. But I still deal with anxiety. Anxiety doesn’t go away.

I’m explosive.

I just learn from every legend that I’ve watched. I learned from the best.

One of the most important things for me is my family. You know, they keep me grounded, they keep me humble. They always made sacrifices with me.

I paid attention how to land a big shot, like Oscar De La Hoya with the left hook.

It doesn’t matter how much experience Jayson Velez has, whether he fought for a world title or not. I’m going to see how he fights, and I’ll know what to do.

I’ve been working on my defense and my inside game.

I want to test my will.

I have the following, I have the talent and I have the work ethic. I just want to be great and I feel like everyone is trying to control me.

I’m not afraid of failure.

The hardest part is just hearing people saying that I won’t amount to crap, and that I’m going to be a bust.

Law that shocks equity is reason’s murderer.

Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.

We live in a world where sort of nothing is shocking anymore.

At Grinnell College, for the first time in my life, I was in an all-white setting. It was a shocking experience.

In matters of sentiment, the public has very crude ideas; and the most shocking fault of women is that they make the public the supreme judge of their lives.

I am always shocked that there are still a handful of defenders of the dubious practice of abstinence, surely the worst idea since chocolate-covered ants.

Because one has little fear of shocking vanity in Italy, people adopt an intimate tone very quickly and discuss personal things.

Obviously I’m very grateful ‘Bad Guy’ is doing so well – it’s shocking and surprising and gratifying – but I do think it’s important to try to make the next song that people are gonna be excited about.