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I'm a winner each and every time I go into the ring.

Winning a ring is everybody's goal, whether you're a player or a coach.

Every time I get in the ring, I have to give 110 per cent because my opponents have nothing to lose and everything to gain, so I have to make sure I go in there with my A-game and come away with the victory.

I like to have fun in the ring, but I knock them out.

Because I am Olympic champion, everyone assumes I am this perfect athlete who should never lose. Every time I step in the ring, I am expected to win.

When I was in the ring, you really saw the best of me. Outside the ring, I was really some terrible fellow.

You do your best with the realization that nothing gets you in ring-shape better than being in the ring.

I get the headlines for being slick and different things like that - which is part of my game - but it's just amazing to me that a lot of times, the people don't see the other things that go on in that ring. But a lot of times, when my opponents figure it out, the fight is over. It's too late.

But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.

There will be a time when I won't be able to perform in the ring.