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

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

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.

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.

You play to win, to get that World Series ring, All-Star games and whatever comes with it.

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

My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.

A ring means a commitment. But more than that, it means that you've talked about your shared future and have decided together on a shared vision of it.

To me, nothing is more fun than being in that ring. That ring is just my heart; it's my passion.

I've never had a chance to go to the Finals, and I don't have a ring - and that would be the only thing that would get me to think about it.