You've got to have a focus. You just fight for money, you get hurt. You focus on the title, you'll just naturally make money doing it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I see the business side of it and moving up the ladder towards the title. That's where the money's at. That's the overall goal.
If you learn to sell, it's worth more than a degree. It's worth more than the heavyweight championship of the world. It's even more important than having a million dollars in the bank. Learn to sell, and you'll never starve.
Money isn't something I play for. I want to compete. I want to win.
You have to choose whether to take the money or follow your own ambitions, playing in the best league in the world and winning titles.
The key to making money is to stay invested.
When you're watching people in non-title fights making four times the amount of money that a champion makes, it takes away the flavor of being a champion.
You have to compete with others in the field. Sometimes the competition gets pretty fierce because you're competing for funds or grants to do your work, the financial work.
After every fight, I knock myself down. I start from scratch again. I say, 'I'm not as good as I thought.' It makes you work harder. It makes you push harder. It's more than money. It's more than the title. It's my pride, and it can be scary thinking about it. I could lose. It's scary.
For the good producer, raising capital is about the last thing to worry about. If you're good, the money comes very easily.
I'm a prize fighter. Titles don't pay bills. I fight for money. I'm making money. They're making money. Everybody's making money. That's what this is all about.