It's hard to continue to be great and have so much on your back, knowing that even a little mistake can mess you up for good.

My family's messed up, for real.

My uncle saw me fight in front of my house and one day he wanted to turn something negative into a positive, so he took me to the gym and I've been there ever since.

Where I came from, there's not a reason to have a lot of hope. So much trouble, everywhere. But every now and then, someone makes it out and makes it big, and that person has an impact on a lot of other people.

There was one point in time that I wasn't fighting, and I was frustrated and I was getting in trouble.

I want to build a legacy.

I've fought in London. I've fought in Los Angeles. I've fought in New York.

I just want to bring happiness back to Baltimore.

I've learned to be a different fighter, more responsible.

There were a lot of distractions in Baltimore, and I think they were a problem for me.

Being a world champion again is just a step closer toward my goal. I want to be a pay-per-view star.

I want to show people that I can be a household name.

It really doesn't matter who I fight. It's about me putting on a good performance and just looking good overall that night.

Just winning a belt, it doesn't mean anything to me.

I think the whole boxing world was sleeping on me. They were sleeping on me hard.

I always break people's noses with the uppercut, not the hook.

It's not a game. You can't play boxing.

I believe that the fighters know. It's just the people not actually fighting who need to understand more that we're putting our lives on the line.

Having a belt is cool, but I'm trying to do more in the sport.

I believe Baltimore has been backing me for a long time.

We're tying to get Baltimore on the right track.

Luis Sanchez will definitely bring a challenge, and I know he will try to bring the fight to me.

You can't be a PPV star if you don't put on an exciting performance.

If an opportunity comes to knock out my opponent, I'm going to take it.

It's the people that I see every day in Baltimore that motivate me.

These guys from the past really motivate me, much respect to the guys before me and the ones after me.

It was always a goal of mine to bring a world title fight back to my city of Baltimore.

I'm a fighter.

I'm the cash cow, I believe, so at 135 or 130, I'm selling out arenas, putting butts in the seats.

I have a lot of boxing skills.

I want to keep getting better and better.

Atlanta has accepted me with open arms. Baltimore is always my first home but being able to come here is special.

If the right opportunity comes, I'd definitely come back to 130.

My daughter has changed me. She has made me grow up quicker because I don't just have a kid, I have a baby girl. She has made me more patient. I am actually soft when I get around her. I don't think she changed me as a fighter, but she has changed me as a person. She has helped me mature.

I'm from a city where the tears never end and the pain never stops.

I come from a city with a lot of violence and things like that, but my mind was always focused on what I wanted to be in life.

I won my first nationals when I was 10 years old.

I've seen the world and I've seen the bigger picture.

I've been in the gym, I've been training and I've been getting the Ws. I think that played a factor in me staying out of trouble outside the ring, staying focused on what's in front of me, and that's my boxing career.

I know I have a big future in front of me, so that's my main focus. So when I'm outside of the ring, I try to carry myself as a professional athlete, not just anybody.

A lot of people don't realize the skills and talent that I have.

I know how to box, how to move my feet.

I have good hand speed.

I'm an overall sound fighter, a boxer-puncher.

I want to be able to fight on pay-per-view against the big fighters and do big numbers.

I'm not really into researching my opponents or other fighters other than the ones that I like.

I just train hard and fight who is in front of me.

I became a champion super-fast.

I'm preparing myself to be a great, great fighter and also a big star in the sport.

I'm just trying to stay grounded because I know what I want to do in the sport.