“Living in Flint, poverty is an obstacle that you have to fight through...” — Claressa Shields Quote

“Living in Flint, poverty is an obstacle that you have to fight through. I always had to fend for my brother and sister - I was always the one to sacrifice my meals so that they could eat.”

“I consider my diet more of a life plan in general, and I have my days where I'll splurge, but I stay disciplined.”

“If I wanted to curse you out, I would write everything I wanted to say to you in my diary, and it was like screaming in my head. After that, I would have no feelings for you; I wouldn't be mad at you or upset because I already said it to you when I wrote it down. That's what writing did for me.”

“I have an older brother and sister, and I'm definitely ahead of my years in terms of sci-fi and films. My brother is a massive sci-fi fan, and the Linda Hamilton and Sigourney Weaver era... I was involved and interested.”

“I was one of three kids of colour in our school. There was a young black brother and sister, and me. So we stood out.”

“My brother and sister and I were latchkey kids, with a singer mother and no relationship with our father, and being in a firm is often about filling a void at home. For me, it was like having 50 big brothers.”