I was just doing my job in the ring and doing my best to make people happy.

Boxing is not about your feelings. It's about performance.

I've already established my (political)machinery. It's like a car. It's fixed already. You just have to get in and drive it.

Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.

I've never really understood the criticism that climbing is inherently selfish, since it could equally be argued about virtually any other hobby or sport. Is gardening selfish?

I was born in a poor family, a lower middle class family. My father was a clerk in the forest department. I was very bad at studies. I was not very good at sports, also.

I spent my whole life playing sports and training and pushing myself to the limits.

I don't know if a lot of players can actually say they played in the All-Star Game in their actual city, their team's city.