I've just been competitive all my life. That draws from a competitive family. We're all athletes, and we're all trying to win no matter what it is, whether it's Scrabble or basketball.
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I grew up with Ray Charles playing in the car all the time or playing in the house.
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One person can't win games.
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I'm not really a swagger guy.
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When I'm doing sports, I don't feel anything at all. I enjoy the moment. It's a safe haven. But once you try to let someone inside your soul, you become vulnerable. You have to be comfortable in your own skin. I don't open myself up like that to a lot of people. It takes courage.
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I go back to, like, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Elvis. I listen to everything.
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You play because you love it, not because you can make money from it.
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Boxing is kind of like football in that you test each other's desire to be there.
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I feel I'm athletically superior to most of the guys I go against.
