Andy Ruiz Jr.

You can train so hard and eat bad stuff and you're training for no reason. ”

I need to remain humble, stay disciplined and keep training. That's how I will continue to be a champion. ”

I've been bullied a few times in school. ”

I was fighting men at age 10. ”

I was this big, heavy kid - nobody was at my weight at that age, so I had to fight 12-year-olds, 13-year-olds when I was seven years old. And what do you know, I was beating them. ”

It took a long time, and a lot of years, for me to get comfortable with myself, like the way I am now. ”

For me, I'm an American and I'm a Mexican. I live here. And it hurts me the way a lot of people talk about Mexicans when I know we're all about hard work and dedication. ”