The biggest challenge is bringing a group of people together with a very short preparation time.

We had a good time. Our preparation was to go to the beach and boogie board.

We were on our heels early on. A lot of guys were nervous, first time representing their country. It took a little while for them to get into the game. But they started feeling comfortable and once we got things going I thought we had some real good scoring opportunities and did a pretty good job defensively.

The challenge is to really empower people to voice their values and concerns and get them to talk to their friends, their families, their neighbors and the people that represent them. That is really where the Sierra Club is now moving: more locally, getting individual citizens reconnected to their communities, and helping them really take responsibility for the future of the environment. Not just nationally but in communities where they live.

If you don't think it's a good deal you don't think you should be doing this challenge or that – tough! You signed the contract you've got to participate. Do your best, be a role model. Be an emissary for the sport that you love, the passion that you love. Show other kids why boxing is a great sport, give it that positive image. And just be the man. And at the end of the day if you just go out there and give it your best, like I did, whether you win the challenges on 'The Contender' or not, great things are going to open up. I'm the proof of that. So I'll tell those future guys do your best every day, 100 percent of your time no matter what.

If you don't
think it's a good deal you don't think you should be doing this challenge
or that – tough! You signed the contract you've got to participate. Do
your best, be a role model. Be an emissary for the sport that you love,
the passion that you love. Show other kids why boxing is a great sport,
give it that positive image. And just be the man. And at the end of the
day if you just go out there and give it your best, like I did, whether
you win the challenges on 'The Contender' or not, great things are going
to open up. I'm the proof of that. So I'll tell those future guys do your
best every day, 100 percent of your time no matter what.