“I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.”

“Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.”

“To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.”

“I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.”

“I never thought of losing, but now that it's happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life. ”

“I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.”

“Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.”