Too much success gets you resting on your laurels and creates a kind of quicksand that you can't get out of.
Lack of desire is the greatest riches.
When we succumb to believing that we are victims of our circumstances and yield to the plight of determinism, we lose hope, we lose drive, and we settle into resignation and stagnation.
I always loved training to get fit, make all those sacrifices that you do, but it just wasn't there after Pacquiao.
Once I stopped playing I didn't have the urge or drive to play again.
I think when people get comfortable is when they fall off.
If I talk about something I either talk about it or I DO it... the minute I talk about it it's lost all it's drive and all it's fun.
When you have a little success you let up a little bit.
I had some downtime with my career and... I got complacent.
I retired simply because I didn't have the passion and motivation anymore; I was tired. At the time I thought, 'Well, I had a great time, there is the end.' At some moment, there is the right time to call it an end.
I just lost interest in performing.
Passion can’t sustain itself forever.
