Some people like to call me cocky or arrogant, but I just think ‘how dare you assume I should think less of myself’
You have to have fear in order to have courage.
Life is a fight from the minute you take your first breath to the moment you exhale your last.
I’m scared of failure all the time. But not scared enough to stop trying.
Easy lives make boring people.
If you’re unwilling to leave someplace you’ve outgrown, you will never reach your full potential. To be the best, you have to constantly be challenging yourself, raising the bar, pushing the limits of what you can do. Don’t stand still, leap forward.
You have to fight because you can’t count on anyone else fighting for you. And you have to fight for people who can’t fight for themselves. To get anything of real value, you have to fight for it.
My father would say, ‘Ronnie, you’re going to be someone special. Whatever it is that you want to do, you’re going to be the best in the world at it.’
At home, I watch fights and documentaries – that’s it. If it’s not about the birth and death of stars, ‘Frozen Planet,’ or someone getting punched in the face, I’m probably not watching it.
I get asked that a lot and I always go back to my mom’s, ‘No one has the right to beat you.’ I take that to every venue that I’m in. She would say, ‘Someone has to be the best in the world, why not you?’ I always try to keep that in mind.
I train to be the best in the world on my worst day.