"I'm going to retire and become a spiritual leader."

"I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'"

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."

"A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life."

"I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and I believe in peace."