Quotes About Transition

I used to hate Boston.

If I wasn't addicted to the idea of performing, I think retiring out of the ring and moving to a backstage position or becoming more of an office guy. That wouldn't bother me so much.

Life was so easy before I became an actor. I could talk to anyone, and no one bothered. I keep thinking to myself, 'Should I not be myself,' but I won't do that.

I kept a lid on my feelings at school but, when I was 18, dropped out of everything and couldn't even be bothered to get out of bed.

Change never bothers me, not really.

But as a result of that, there was, once the show ended, there was this talk for sort of four, five months about what was going to happen, and if we were going to move to Showtime, and if we were going to be bought by ABC or whatever.

I've been bouncing around from comedy to drama and TV and film.

I began as a bowler and batting at No. 8 or 9 at Under-14, U-16 and U-19 levels, so to change myself was really difficult.

I boxed until I got interested in other things. My first car. Girls.

I feel like an old boxer. The brain's gone, but I can still move around.

I'm not a boxer, I'm a basketball player.

I remember a life before social media. I remember phone boxes, that's what I grew up on.

Too many guys don't know what to do with their lives after boxing. I was lucky because I had two managers who didn't trust each other, and so they were always making sure where all the money was, and because of that, so did I.

I'm not going to be boxing forever, but I've put no time-cap on it, really.

I want to have the same success in my acting career as I did in my boxing career.

Aamir was not that good a boyfriend; he is a better husband.

I want to leave this sport with a little bit of my brains left.

If you've grown up in a church, college is a time you may branch away from that.

So many have been growing with us from the very beginning of our career. Others are brand new to us.

It's very brave going from a position of authority to one where you are an apprentice.

To actually leave your home and somebody you have probably been with a long time is very brave.

My goal is to continue in Europe, but never rule out a return to Brazil.

In Brazil, we play quite open, but I'm doing my best to adapt as quickly as I can.

It's difficult as a player once you have gone back to Brazil to get that second chance in Europe. Sometimes you only get one chance.