Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Quotes

United States, Boxer
February 24, 1977

Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (né Sinclair; born February 24, 1977) is an American professional boxing promoter and former professional boxer. He competed from 1996 to 2007 and 2009 to 2015, and made a one-fight comeback in 2017. During his career, he held multiple world titles in five weight classes and the lineal championship in four weight classes (twice at welterweight), and retired with an undefeated record of 50–0, the second highest undefeated streak, after Ricardo López, in the modern era of boxing. As an amateur, Mayweather won a bronze medal in the featherweight division at the 1996 Olympics, three U.S. Golden Gloves championships (at light flyweight, flyweight, and featherweight), and the U.S. national championship at featherweight.

Everything people say I couldn't do I've done.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
- People
- Done
- Say
Barack Obama was a good president, and hopefully, Donald Trump is a good president.

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- Good
- Trump
- President

Self-preservation is an important thing to me.

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When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have.

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- Everything
- Step
- Ring
Worry about going out there and making your own legacy.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
- Worry
- Legacy
- Going
A lot of times, we get stuck, and we are followers. When you hear one person say, 'black lives matter,' or 'blue lives matter,' all lives matter. It's not right what is going on in this world on both sides.

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- World
- Black
- Blue
I was able to retire from the sport with all my faculties and not let the sport retire me.

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- Sport
- Retire
- Faculties
If I'm scared and I'm a coward, why do you guys want to see me fight?

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- Why
- Want
- Me

Every home that I have is paid for, every car that I have is paid for, and I am a hundred-million-dollar man. I mean, this is the truth; it's not a lie.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
- Home
- Truth
- Car
I've set the model of showing fighters how they should conduct their business.

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- Business
- Model
- Conduct
I ain't never nervous. Never nervous.

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- Never
- Nervous
I'm not here to judge Mike Tyson. I'm not here to judge nobody. I'm not here to monitor no other fighters. I respect him for what he did in the sport of boxing. He was an entertainer.

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- Respect
- Judge
- Boxing
I'm not here to judge. We don't know what Trump can do.

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- Know
- Judge
- Trump
Bernard Hopkins? He fights scary dirty. I mean, he did what he had to do in his career.

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- Career
- Mean
- Scary

I push myself to the limit.

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- Myself
- Limit
- Push
Even though I made $800 million, I am still grounded.

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- Million
- Grounded
I commend Chris Brown and Soulja Boy for going out there for so many years and entertaining the people.

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- People
- Boy
- Years
I'm a man of my word.

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- Man
- Word
I don't have to fight if I don't want to.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
- Want
- Fight
You name him. I beat him.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
- You
- Name
- Him

When they said, 'Why is Floyd Mayweather not fighting Manny Pacquiao?' it was because Manny Pacquiao had a boss. I don't have a boss.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
- Why
- Fighting
- Said
You know, as a young child, I lay in my bedroom and I swore to myself then: 'I'm not going to smoke and I'm not going to drink.' And I said I'm not going to just say that when I'm a kid. I'm going to stick to that as an adult. I kept that in mind my whole life.

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- Life
- Mind
- Myself
God has blessed me with an unbelievable talent, with fast feet, fast hands, unbelievable defense and a very, very sharp mind. So I'm thankful for that.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
- God
- Mind
- Blessed
I turned pro as a 20-year-old, won a world title a year later, and remained a world champion ever since.

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- World
- Year
- Champion