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I feel like winning a world championship was a hurdle I had to get over.

I feel like it's harder because everyone knows I'm the three-time world champion - it's almost like people are waiting for something bad to happen.

Every fight has been hard. Every world title I've won has been hard fought, and every European title I've won has been hard fought as well.

I'm a professional world champion. Of course if you're a world champion, you're working harder than everybody else. You're making the commitment, and you're making the sacrifices. If it were easy, everybody would be able to do it. Everybody would be able to be world champion, but everybody can't be. Everybody doesn't have it in them.

I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.

Nowadays it would be reasonable to have an annual world championship.

We knew that you don't get to be world champions without a struggle.

People confuse being world No. 1 with winning a Major championship.

I love being world champion.

To finally become world champion after losing out in three previous finals is very satisfying. It shows that if you stick to your goals and work hard, you can achieve them in the end.