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I grew up with nothing. Nothing at all. So I understand what it means when someone says they cannot afford to dream. But the dream is the only thing no one can take from you.
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Boxing gave me everything — money, fame, a platform. But I would trade none of it. I earned it in the hardest way possible. In a ring. Alone.
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Politics and boxing are not so different. You have opponents. You prepare. You fight. The difference is boxing has a referee.
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Every peso I invest in the Philippines is personal. This is my country. These are my people. I am not doing this for returns. I am doing it because someone has to.
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I started with nothing and built something. That is not luck. That is discipline, repeated every single day for thirty years.