All I know is that I'm proud to be Filipino.
Nonito Donaire
Growing up as an amateur, I wasn't much of a power puncher. I was more of a speed guy.
Moving up and fighting the best keeps me hungry.
People call me a nerd because I like to spend time on the computer.
Everything in our family was always boxing. It was the life my father chose for me.
I liked Roy Jones, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ali... those were the guys I was looking at growing up.
I have a lot of respect for Mexico.
I was always scared in the amateurs, but the minute I got in the ring it was like another person took over. I become more vicious. In there I love to hurt people. Outside I can't hurt a bug.
The motivation is in my heart to work toward my goals and my dreams.
In school I was pretty fast.
I was always into cartoons and animation.
I was 11 when I started boxing. My brother was fighting before I did, and he got me into it.
For punches I never really choose, I take whatever opportunity is given to me. If it's a left, I'll take it. If it's a right I'll take it.
If there's a best, I want to fight them.
As a boxer, you have to put risk in to get to another level.
With me, boxing's a beautiful sport.
A lot of guys just punch with their arms; they don't utilize every part of their muscles they can use. I know how to use that, and that's where the power comes in.
As long as I have that support from my team, and I have that confidence in myself that I train really hard, I think there's no one out there who can defeat me in my weight class.
Usually, sprinting is my main source of energy and recovery time because that's how I move.
My Internet friends who I play games with say, 'This guy's a fighter?' I'm the last person they expect to be a fighter.
The best feeling is to win by knockout.
I'm not into being competitive. I never saw myself as a competitive type of person.
Even the other kids who people made fun of made fun of me. That's where I stood on the school food chain.
I love my wife.
Being a world champion is something I'm already proud of and can take for the rest of my life.
