If I want to pad the record, just fight pretenders, get a quick paycheck and keep moving on and racking up wins, that's not something I want to be known for.
I have a blue 2010 Dodge Challenger SRT, the first car I ever bought. I didn't want it to just be a regular Challenger. I wanted it to be different. So I sent it out to Richard Petty's garage in North Carolina, completely tricked it out - a one-of-a-kind built for me and we changed the name of it from 'Challenger' to 'Champion.'
I've been on cruise control with my opponents, even though I fought some very good champions, undefeated champions.
I don't have a number set that I'm chasing, but I do believe I'll be a champion at 140, and again at 147.
Robert Easter Jr. is a tough fighter who I have to take very seriously and I do, and that's why we did a nine-week training camp and got the great sparring, got the right training, the right diet, everything.
I made it a goal of mine to fight the biggest challenges, so that people can appreciate who I am as a fighter.
I'm not an 'opponent.' I don't believe I should be treated as an opponent.
I've been dropped. You get up, and you win the fight.
All of the great fighters have had losses but are still considered among the greatest ever. The undefeated record is not as important to me as facing the toughest challenges out there.
I think Adrien Broner was at his best. If he wasn't, I would have knocked him out. He was very motivated, he changed camps and made weight with no issues.
I think I showed I'm resilient, I'm strong, I can go the distance against a bigger man and still box effectively.
It would be a great thing for my legacy to get in the ring with an all-time great.
I've always said I have very good timing. It is underestimated when you are outside the ring but once you get inside the ring with me, I'm a step ahead.
My dad had his dream of being a champion boxing trainer. He accomplished that.
You work hard. You have a dream. You don't give up.
I'm about big challenges, big obstacles, and just to show everybody that I'm the best.
No other fighter's doing what I'm doing, no other fighter is daring to do what I'm doing.
I make the fight look easy and people haven't seen the best.
I thought I fought a really good Orlando Salido. I never let him get into his fight. I knew what I needed to do against him and I think that was the difference. I was able to control the fight.
As a champion, you always want challenges.
