Jose Miguel Cotto may not have the resume of his brother, but he's a good fighter.
Right now, it's very difficult to single out one fighter, pound-for-pound, who is the best. Right now, it's very complex. Miguel Cotto, Mayweather and Zab Judah's a good fighter as well.
Focusing on the gifted always leaves people behind, and portrays working-class people as a repellent hinterland that 'gifted' and 'talented' children need rescuing from.
I've been wanting to spar Miguel Cotto over in L.A., and that will be priceless, going over there, getting some rounds with such a world class fighter.
What a gifted child is, in many ways, is a gifted learner. And what a gifted adult is, is a gifted doer. And those are quite separate domains of achievement.
President Obama is a gifted politician. He is gifted with rhetoric virtuosity. He is gifted with the ability to lie directly to camera without blinking. And he is gifted with some of the most incompetent conservative opposition in the history of the country.
My brother, who was older, was the gifted one, much more talented than I.
This young man is an exceptionally gifted and talented violinist ... He is a first class talent.
One thing I see in a lot of coaches is they try to live through the fighter. You can't live through the fighter. You gotta allow the fighter to be the fighter, and do what he do, and you just try to guide him. Why should I have to live through a fighter, when I went from eating out of a trashcan to being eight-time world champion? I stood in the limelight and did what I had to do as a fighter. I've been where that fighter is trying to go.
I think I'm skilful enough, but I don't consider myself a naturally talented, gifted sports person.
No matter how talented you are or naturally gifted you are, there's no substitute to hard work if you got to maintain standards.
I think Akshay Kumar and Riteish Deshmukh are two gifted, talented comic actors who can pull off anything.
It's motivation. Some people are gifted at specific things, but I had to develop. The thing I'm most talented at is the ability to learn.
What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning.
Of course, I feel I'm a very talented fighter and a step above Adrien Broner.
In boxing you can be the most talented fighter out there but you need people to watch and I'm fortunate that I'm in that situation.