For a long time, I felt like my identity was to fight. My identity was to be a world champion. That almost defined me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Fighting for identity is something that is very much in my life.
I was born to be champion of the world.
Identity has been such an explosive territory for me... so hard, so painful at times.
Being a world champion is something I'm already proud of and can take for the rest of my life.
I wanted to be a world champion.
In some ways that fight gave me more respect around the world and helped me be even more popular because so many people felt my pain and saw that I was robbed.
I'm proud of my triumphs. I've dreamed of being world champion, I've had some difficult times and they've made me value the good times.
If you can believe this, I didn't fight for my first world title fight till I had 58 fights, so I really appreciated what I was fighting for and for whom as well.
I become very territorial about my identity because it's been hijacked by so many people with their own projections.
I've fully embraced who I am. I stopped fighting with people and just come to realize, 'This is me. This is all of me.'
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