Growing up, I was brought up around Irish music, Irish traditions.

I've said a lot of stuff in the past, but not with any intentions to hurt anybody. It's all a bit tongue-in-cheek.

Although I think of myself as the greatest heavyweight, I do respect the legends of the past for what they did. But they are not my heroes.

I aim for the stars, and winning a world title will not be a fulfilment of a dream for me. It never has been.

My parents were the traditional Filipino parents who didn't talk about money around the dinner table.

When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude.

But I want people to understand that poker's not all glamorous, it's not all being on TV and making tons of money. It's a hard life. It's a lot of travel. It's a lot of weird hours.

I define power as 'control over one's life.' A balanced life is far superior to the male definition of power: earning money someone else spends while he dies sooner.