"Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches."

"I am not an animal in my personal life. But in the ring there is an animal inside me. Sometimes it roars when the fir…"

"My experience won this fight…. I knew I was in control. I was not scared. He was not hitting me with anything that wa…"

"I realized that my body can give me so much more."

"At lightweight it seemed he was a tremendous puncher, but I didn't find him to be that kind of puncher. A good punche…"

"One gets the impression of Duran is that he’s a tough, rough brawler who just wades in and ducks nothing. But all you…"

"Moving fluidly and jabbing, slipping punches and countering rather than swarming over DeJesus, he stalked him, relent…"

"He’s good inside, very good, strong physically. The one thing that surprised me the most was his quickness. And his d…"

"Duran knew how to fight. He knew what to do. If he looked at the corner the only thing I ever had to do was pretend t…"

"Duran has always been the master of defense that is one of his trademarks."