If, in a few months, I'm only number 8 or number 10 in the world, I'll have to look at what off-the-court work I can do. I will need to do something if I want to be number 1.
I don't really worry or waste my energy on where I rank and this and that. I know where I'm at.
When I release something, I'm like, "OK, I want it to be the best." When I release my fragrance, I want it to be the number one fragrance. I don't want it to be like, "Oh yeah, you got ninth on the rankings."
It's not quite as important who you beat as that you end up on top.
I'm still trying to be No. 1 in the world, like everyone else is out there.
First is first,Second is nothing
In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
I got as high as being ranked 7th at lightweight and I really believe this deep down to my bones that I was really only fighting to half my potential.
I can play the No. 1 player in the world in a pretty close match.
Everywhere you turn, there are lists and statistics. Any business, any sport, any hobby - we will try to categorize who is the best at some component of that endeavor. It's part human nature and part technology, since we have been conditioned to have access to answers and trivial problems at our fingertips.
You can't hide when you're on the top of the leaderboard. You can't hide my name.
The month of January, we were number one. Now, this is something we're proud of, because we recognize we're up against a formidable operation there at CNN.
I believe, if I beat Demian Maia, it's going to be very hard for the other top guys to go around me.
I was an assistant U.S. attorney. I was the associate attorney general of the United States, third-ranking official under Ronald Reagan.
Look, I'm in the top 20 of players who ever lived.
Fabio Maldonado jumped up to heavyweight for our fight, and while he wasn't ranked, he is a super-tough dude and had never been knocked out before.
I don't want to fight guys ranked behind me.
Obviously, (winning the division) is big. To be No. 1 is always important.
I don't want to be the second-strongest man in the United States or the second-strongest man in the world. They don't get much attention. I definitely want to be No. 1.
Top Ten lists make me insane. I just know they're going to change daily.
Being world No 1 would be fantastic but you'd like to do it by finishing the year as No 1 without anything happening off the table to someone else's ranking.
I'm not really focused on my ranking.
It takes years of practice to become a World No. 1 or 2.
There is no pressure at the top. The pressure is being second or third.
I felt a ton of pressure in '08. A lot of great things were expected of me right out of the gate, and I brought some of that on myself with those great early results. But I wasn't a good enough player to make a run every fourth or fifth tournament. I wasn't as good a player as my ranking indicated.
