There is no doubt about how hard it is to stay on top in any sport, but to do it in an individual sport for the majority of your career, it is not easy.
I'm honored and blessed by God to be in the sport I love, and I want to accomplish all the goals I set in the sport of boxing - to be successful and make history.
When I signed that USL contract, my perspective changed on me being a professional footballer. That was my goal ever since I was young. I never thought I could achieve it, but that's when it clicked in my head that I can really go far in the sport.
In Britain, we don't appreciate people who have been a major success in sport. It is grudgingly given to you.
I'm happy of being in Real Madrid ... I've fulfilled my dream.
People have to realize that God has blessed me with power. He hasn't got me this far for no reason. I feel like God has a plan for me in this sport. That's how I have came up this fast.
I don't regret the move to Bayern. It's a very good moment for me, also because my team-mates trust in me.
Without spontaneity in any sport, you cannot succeed.
Every player wants to see the game grow and flourish so it would be great to be able to help do that by achieving something very special.
Success in sport comes with responsibility.
To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.
I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question.
If you have a love for sport, everybody knows the success of Madrid in the '60s, Ajax in the '70s, Bayern Munich, and so on.
For a striker to come in and score his first goal is always important.
I think a big part of what has helped me move forward with the sport is my family. We're all so close together, and the support system has been amazing.
I've told the UFC brass I want big fights: fights that are going to put money in their pockets and money in my pockets and staple me as one of the best of all-time.
I guess every athlete has in the back of his mind being good at a sport and making it big.
I've got a little boy coming and I can't wait. It's going to be the biggest thing that has happened to me in my life so far. Bigger than any Tour de France win.
I've been very fortunate to be part of the sport and be successful.
You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.
Quite simply the Games are the biggest opportunity sport in this country has ever had. It is one that we must not squander.
If I'm only fighting once or twice a year, that's just not going to be enough to make a dent in the sport or enough financially for me to get myself to where I want to be and position myself.
It means a lot to notch my name in the sport and have my name among some of the greats.
I quite enjoy sport, and I'm now an Olympic champion. It's a bit weird, isn't it?
Being out there, as a 22-year-old, it opens your eyes up to the highest level of the sport. It can only do good things.
