Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Quotes
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I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.
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I come from a very rough background, and I'm saying that if you work hard and dedicate yourself that you can make it, too.
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I'm not in this sport to take punishment.
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I've never had a job. I've never needed to.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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Mike Tyson was one of the fighters who motivated me. How? We both used to train at the Golden Gloves boxing gym. I used to see his Rolls-Royce, his diamond Rolex on, and I said, 'You know what? Those are the things that I want.'
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I got a granite chin.
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Don't ever know who you may meet, or just because a person may not be dressed up all fancy, don't mean they're not an important person. You just don't ever know who you're gonna meet in life. So that's why I look at everybody as equal. Can't just judge. I treat everybody with respect. Every man.
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I don't adjust my training for any of my opponents. I don't watch films on my opponents.
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I know that there's a god because I was able to survive everything that I've been through - all of the tough times - and I'm still at the top of my game.
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Conor McGregor is a tough competitor. He proved throughout the years in the UFC that he can fight standing up.
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I'm looking to expand my portfolio while I'm on top and while I'm young.
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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Once I am in the square circle, I am in my home.
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My kids are the future of the Mayweather family and of the Mayweather brand. I feel our family is stronger if we stay together.
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I can remember 1987 when I had my first amateur fight in Michigan, weighing 64lb. I was 10 years old. I was the youngest and smallest guy on my team. I can remember what I ate. There was this restaurant called Ponderosa, and my dad made me eat a steak. I was happy. It was a first round knockout. I slept with my trophy for two weeks.
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If anyone has followed my career, they know that there's been a lot of obstacles and a lot of ups and down through my career. But day in and day out, and in the square circle, I went out there and always did my best.
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I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me.
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When they put me on ESPN and they talk about negative things, or when they put me on TMZ and they talk about negative things, I'm just glad that I'm relevant; to have lasted this long being relevant.
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Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.
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I'm a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit.
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A lot of times, in the beginning of my career, I put pressure on myself just because I wanted to perform so well. I just wanted to be perfect.
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I've had boxing gloves on since before I could walk and been in gyms all of my life.
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You've got to have a villain and they'll always make me a villain. I'm used to it – it makes me work harder and it makes me fight harder.