People say that I do things for publicity. But I will do the things I do as long as I have media support.
The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
I know I've cut corners in every single fight I've had because I've used my ability to get through.
When I first came in the game, I had a bunch of homies that rapped that was hanging around me just because I was getting the rap attention, and they felt they could feed off of that.
It's not a good idea to always look for new frontiers, especially when you have opportunities in your existing businesses, in your own backyard.
There are those who'll turn innocent occasions to their advantage.
You have to know what your talent is, and you have to exploit it. And then, while you're exploiting that talent, you find ways and tools to elevate other sides of you that are weaker.
I'll continue to take what the defense gives me. That's the way that I've always played.
If I have a talent, it's already been exploited! I've shown everything I can do to the public.
Natural human instinct, reaction, whatever, is if you're perfect, you're going to try to skate by and get by, get away with things the easiest way possible.
There are a lot of dark sides to success, but the light side of it is the ability to be opportunistic, and to be able to do things.
When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
Grandma cheated whenever she could. She cheated because it was a much more scientific and surer way of winning than trusting to luck.
It is one thing to recognise certain potentially useful affinities, and another to act on them.
Life is series of opportunities. The often neglected fact of life is that opportunities multiply as you take advantage of them.
One of the first rules of science is if somebody delivers a secret weapon to you, you better use it.
I do not always listen again but if something strikes me, I exploit it.
Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.
Opportunity is the great bawd.
If I want to pad the record, just fight pretenders, get a quick paycheck and keep moving on and racking up wins, that's not something I want to be known for.
It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it.
I think Canada has a great story, and I'm glad to tell it. And if there's a moment where the world is paying a little more attention to Canada, well, I think it's important to try and capitalize on that.
I know when I need to be pushing it full speed; I know when I got to probe and allow the flow to open up, because, at the end of the day, on the basketball court, something's going to open up.
"But please, when you see an opportunity..." He presses his hand to my cheek, cold and strong, and tilts my head up so I have to look at him. His eyes glint. They almost look predatory. "Ruin them."
