Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

Four years into the life of my son, I realize I'm so in love with him and he's so in love with me that if I don't find that lifelong partner out there, it's okay. ”

Boxing is the embodiment of who I am, but beyond that, this is a journey of the self, and my obsession to get the most from this short life. ”

My mum and dad aren't together, but she plays a massive part in my life. We have deep conversations: I tell her where I need support, where I feel she's lacking, and I support her with whatever she needs. I understand she won't be here forever, and I want no regrets. ”

I still feel I am that 14-year-old kid, hungry and trying to find a way through life. That's what I'm trying to develop, trying to be good at something through boxing. But I feel like that young kid who's trying and trying. ”

I became so disciplined when I was on tag. I would be at home by eight o'clock, and because I had boxing, I lived the disciplined life. I started reading because I learnt that so many champions educated themselves. Joe Louis, Mike Tyson, Bernard Hopkins. Before, it was 'act now, think later' - but the discipline and reading changed me. ”

The only real failure in life is one not learned from. ”

The most important things in life aren't things. ”

If life doesn't offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one. ”

Throughout history, story telling was at the very beginning of life. ”

I feel very privileged to have reached so many kids because a life without stories, without the power of books, would be a very grey world, it's good to add colour. ”