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The idea of being a two-time world champion is a big goal for me.
For me, it doesn't matter if you are fighting a world champion or not.
To be a world champion from Oklahoma is something that really pushes me.
Me becoming the first Mexican heavyweight champion of the world, it's a blessing.
This is something nobody can take away from me. I'm a world champion. That's a crazy feeling.
To me, being heavyweight world champion and Olympic sprint champion are the two greatest prizes in sport.
There are 7 billion people in the world, but there's only one heavyweight champion of the world, and that's me.
The biggest motivation for me is becoming a three-division world champion faster than any other boxer, male or female.
There are plenty of massive fights out there for me, I know that, but the goals always going to become world champion.
That feeling is one of the things that keep me going. On July 6, 1998, I became the WCW heavyweight champion of the world!
I have the most loyal fans that have been with me since I was 19 years old, when I was just a young guy becoming a world champion.
I realise now that a lot of the things I was doing weren't helping me to get to the goal I want to achieve - to become the champion of the world.
Muhammad Ali meant everything to me. He inspired me to box after watching re-runs of him winning a gold medal in the Olympics and being a world champion.
Everyone wants to be a world champion, but when you take that first punch it will tell you if you really want to be in this sport or not. For me, there was no doubt.
For me, back in Sydney, it was just being there and going out and beating Alexander Karelin, 13-time world champion and Olympic gold medalist. It was everything for me.
It was very hard when the newspapers were chasing me. It was also very weird. I know I'd just become world champion but shouldn't they be following someone who has done something wrong?
So much of boxing is to do with your mental state. Evander Holyfield talks about spirit. I definitely have that spirit and feel like I've got something special inside me. It's about me bringing it out, controlling it and using it to become world champion.
Anyone that holds a championship you are on a list of a very few people that have had that special honor, and it is really incredible to say that no matter what you say about my wrestling career I was a World Heavyweight Champion and you can't take that away from me.
To not only be a cancer survivor, but to return to the sport of boxing, because, I mean, this is not basketball, this is not baseball, this is not a sport you play. This is a sport where you can die in the ring. So it says a lot to me to come back and be a world champion in that aspect.
Although I have to say, it's become a lot harder for me since I won the world series because everyone wants to beat me. For example, bluffing is really tough now, because there's always someone who calls me on the off-chance that they'll then be able to say they read a world champion's bluff.
Vince Russo stuck up for me in WCW when it came down to who should be world champ. From what I've heard, there was a meeting, and Russo stood up for me. I would not be six-time world champion if it were not for Vince Russo. I would not even be one-time world champion if it weren't for Vince Russo.