Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Quotes
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I love basketball.
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You could take me anywhere. You could take me to the moon, and believe me, everybody's going to try to take a trip to the moon to watch me fight.
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When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.
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Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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We talk about these legendary fighters, talk about how they had hundred-something fights, hundred-something victories... but when you look at the history books, I still beat more world champions than any fighter in history.
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What's so crazy is when you give interviews to reporters that don't really care too much for you, basically what they're going to do is write what they want to write and discredit you. They're going to write and say what they want to say, no matter what you tell them.
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I'm going to always bleed the red, white, and blue. I represented the U.S. in the Olympics; I love my country. But the U.S. fans will love you on Monday; if you lose, they'll hate you on Tuesday. If you win, it will be back to loving you on Wednesday.
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I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.
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My dad was in a hospital for months. The doctors told my dad he would never be able to walk again. My dad beat all the odds. He came back and was able to walk and start boxing again. He went to No. 1 in the world at welterweight to fight for the world title. But he never had his chance to fight for a world title.
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My whole outlook on life is, never judge a book by its cover.
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Different days, I think about different victories. Ricky Hatton is one of those fights. I respect Ricky Hatton. He's a warrior. He's a hell of a warrior.
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All the money I have, I got it legally.
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I'm just an American dream.
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Boxing is what pays my bills.
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I'm always going to love my father.
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Every time I go out there and compete, my number is, of course, $100 million or better.
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Things happen for a reason, and the only thing you can do is at night time get on your knees and ask God for forgiveness for anything that you did that you didn't feel was right.
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When people see what I have now, they have no idea of where I came from and how I didn't have anything growing up.
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I just want to be the best. I haven't been in an all-out war. That doesn't mean I'm not the best.