Quotes from Caleb Plant

I'm a blessed man, I've had many blessings in my life. But I've had many trials as well and those trials have made me have to dig deep.

I started off doing martial arts, and then I started kick boxing shortly after that.

I believed in myself and now I've been crowned king.

You can't learn mental fortitude in a book. Those things are earned, not learned.

At a high level there's always gonna be noise and rumors, whether it's fake stories or real ones. You've got to be able to block that out and zone in and focus on the task at hand.

It's basically the story of my life. Trying to paint the prettiest picture I can with the colors I have.

Boxing has been around for a while and there's a lot of great examples of what to do and what not to do. You can look at those examples and learn from other people's mistakes without having to go through it the hard way.

The oddsmakers can have me as an underdog. I've been an underdog my whole life, and I've been proving them wrong my whole life. Those are just numbers.

I've been the underdog before. It's a place I like to be.

Boxing is life or death for me. I do not look at this as just a sport, this is my livelihood. If I don't win, I don't get to go home, because I'm not going to have a home.

My head has played a big part and that's what makes any great champion in any sport or just in life.

Whether it's boxing or in life, I've gotten here by any means necessary.

Everybody knows I want that unification fight with David Benavidez.

Just like many great boxers before me, regardless of where they're from, they're not always starting out with the nicest stuff. You don't need the latest stuff to get where you're heading - all you need is focus and drive.

I like people rooting against me. It gives me extra motivation, but when you're fighting for undisputed status, you don't need much more motivation than that.

I've always been the person that, when it's time to step to the plate under a big situation, that's when I perform my best.

There have been a lot of guys in my position. A guy who doesn't have a big name on his record and they step up and face the guy.

It's about keeping my eyes on the prize. That comes in steps. So for me to get where I really want, I have to take it one step at a time and I have to focus on the plate of food that's in front of me. I can't be looking down the road or at everyone else's plate.

Champions, no matter what's going on in their life or even in the gym, at the end of the day when it's time to do what they do best, they go in there and they block all that out. They block out all the noise, they block out all the ups and downs,and they do the job. And that's what I'm best at.

The world doesn't stop spinning for anybody.

I'm a Golden Gloves national champion, I'm an Olympic alternate.

I don't know all that I'm searching for, but I just have this sense of desperation and urgency within me all the time that I just have to keep going.

Losing both my daughter and my mother was real painful but it's made me stronger. Fighting for their memory is a motivating factor for me.

I just want to win in front of my hometown and win in spectacular fashion. I've gotten to perform in many other venues in other states, but it's going to be a special moment to be able to do that in front of everyone who has known me for the longest.