Floyd mayweather, jr. quotes

All work is easy work.

I've set the model of showing fighters how they should conduct their business.

You have to realize that most of these guys get in there and fight on heart. I fight with smarts. There is no fighter that is smarter than me. Most of these fighters are ABC, 1-2-3. I am like 4-5-6 levels above them; that's why I'm able to beat them.

No athlete works harder than Floyd Mayweather.

Of course, we all know what UFC stands for - Undefeated Floyd's Champion

You stick to commentating, let me do the fighting.

I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.

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

The ultimate goal is to always break records.

Cotto is a talented fighter but I'm God gifted.

Self-preservation is an important thing to me.

I'm not scared of any opponent. I fight who I want to fight.

My whole outlook on life is, never judge a book by its cover.

I push myself to the limit.

I'm looking to expand my portfolio while I'm on top and while I'm young.

Well, my mother and certain other people in my life - a lot of important people - have said, "Floyd, nobody is perfect except for god." And I always knew that; I just wanted my victories to be flawless. I didn't want to get hit at all. I wasn't gonna make any mistakes. And that's the problem with me growing up and being around a trainer that wants his fighter to be perfect.

I don't adjust my training for any of my opponents. I don't watch films on my opponents.

Las Vegas is the boxing capital. During a Floyd Mayweather fight weekend, you can shop, party, stay out late and do anything you want. The city of Las Vegas has everything.

I’m not in this sport to see how hard I can get hit or to see how many big punches I can take. I am in this game to fight as long as I can. I am trying to dish a lot of punishment.

I basically raised myself.

I feel like everybody is against Floyd Mayweather. I don't get any respect.

All the money I have, I got it legally.

I don't fight for legacy. I don't fight for none of that, I fight for that check. I'm in the check cashing business.

Most people should be talking about how Floyd Mayweather is a great undefeated future Hall of Famer that's his own promoter and that works extremely hard to get to where he's at. Instead, all you hear is hate and jealous remarks from critics who criticize me and, you know, most of the time, the people that criticize me can't do what I can do.

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.

A lot of the time when I go to church, people want to take pictures. They want you to sign autographs. So I don't go all the time. I go once in a blue moon. Every once in a blue moon.

Ain't no boundaries, ain't no limits.

Nobody is faster than me.

Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.

I think my dad, when he works with my older son, puts the same kind ofpressure on him that he put on me - that perfectionist pressure. And that can work in two ways: It can make you a perfectionist yourself, or it can eventually break you in the long run.

I don't have to run from none of these fighters. If I want to keep my defense tight and break em' down I can.

Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.

I want to beat the best out there and whoever is considered the top fighters of my era.

There comes a time when money doesn't matter.

I don't fight for bragging rights. I've proved myself.

It's about having personality...it's not about being the bad guy, it's about entertaining people.

Boxing won’t retire me, I will retire from boxing.

I like to control my own personal life.

When it's all said & done only God can judge me. I'm going to go out there on 5/5 to give my fans what they want to see.

Nobody knows what the future holds, but right now, I'm cool and comfortable and having no second thoughts at all about retirement. I had a good career, I won every world title, but boxing is wear and tear on the body. It's time to hang 'em up. I'm looking forward to working with some up-and-coming kids, going on walks, and taking vacations.

Canelo's a different breed. A lot of people think because of the way I made Canelo look, they're going to be able to do the same thing, but that's not true. He's a strong fighter.

If you fight angry, you make a lot of mistakes, and when you fight a sharp, witty fighter like me, you can't make mistakes.

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.

I don't have to fight if I don't want to.

Boxing is what pays my bills.

Some pay to see me win, some pay to see me lose, but they all pay.

Any true champion can bounce back. That's what being a champion is: being able to deal with adversity and being able to bounce back.

Me myself I park in handicap, the reason why... ya know my bankroll make me walk with a crazy limp.

I loved competing and winning and also wanted to continue my career for the fans, knowing they were there for me and enjoyed watching me fight.

I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.

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

There is no fighter smarter than me.

Some people are just right for you.

If you're the best then take the test!

I'm the best at talking trash I'm also the best at going out there and backing it up.

Hopefully, some day I help some of this up-and-coming talent and promote them. Boxing is growing and is here to stay.

I'm running my mouth a lot and I'm looking for a guy to shut me up. If you don't shut me up, I'm going to keep running my mouth.

You know, everybody has a slogan, and once you beat people over the head with it so much, then that's what you'll eventually be called once you retire from the sport or whatever.

If I did want to come back, I was going to make, what, $50 million? You know what; don't call my phone unless you've got $100 million.

When I was about 8 or 9, I lived in New Jersey with my mother and we were seven deep in one bedroom and sometimes we didn't have electricity.

As long as you know you gave whatever you did 100% you're considered a winner in my book.

You hear certain things, negative things, all the time that aren't true, but you never hear about the positive.

Sometimes, people say certain things about me that are negative, but that's no problem. I try to take their negative and turn it to a positive. That's why I like to surround myself with positive people.

People have said things about me, and wrote and criticized me about things in the past, but it goes in one ear and out the other.

I am the best. There is nobody better than me.

You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.

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.

But it's me taking a stand for something that means something. And it's for the fighters who are up and coming. It's sort of the same stance Martin Luther King and Malcolm X made, so we could have freedoms, so everybody could tell the world that we're equal. The only thing I'm saying is that we are equal. So if you're not on nothing and I'm not on nothing, then let's go take the test. That's all I'm saying.

There's no blueprint on how to beat me.

I've done some things that I shouldn't have done but I know I'm not a bad person, and I know that I can become a better person... Only thing I can do is work at it.

I fight myself. I don't fight to break Ali's record or Sugar Ray Robinson's record. I fight to please myself. I know in my heart where I'm rated. I didn't fight in Ali's era. This is my era.

To be the best you have to work overtime.

Any fight that Floyd Mayweather is in is going to be entertaining, regardless. People come to see an icon, a living legend, a superstar.

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.

I just got the will to win at life.

I'm a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit.

It's about being smart, taking your time, keeping your composure, just going out there and being the best that you can be

...cook him up with some barbecued dog...cook that yellow chump. I'll make that mother f**ker make me a sushi roll and cook me some rice.

Hard work, dedication!

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.

I always say that I'm a clean athlete and that I should be randomly tested anytime, urine and blood.

Everybody is blessed with a certain talent, you have to know what your talent is maximize it and push it to the limit.

Me and my team always work so hard outside that square circle.

Once I am in the square circle, I am in my home.

My team calls all the shots out of the ring, I call them in the ring.

Health is more important than anything.

Pressure... I love it.

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.

Every day as a kid, I went to the boxing gym. I knew boxing before I knew anything else. And I was once told if you show your child how to do something and you constantly push them, then eventually they'll become masters. They'll become a master of their craft. So that's probably what happened with me and the sport of boxing.

When God wants me to lose, then that's when I'll lose. But until then, I'm going to be at the top of my game and keep working hard anddedicating myself to the sport of boxing and to being the best entertainer that I can be.

Boxing has always been work to me, a job. If I could say anything to a youngster taking up boxing it would be to "be smart and not take a lot of punches". It's called the sweet science for a reason. Hit and not be hit, make a lot of money without taking a lot of punishment. That's what it's about.

Bob arum is Manny Pacquiao's boss, Floyd Mayweather is his own boss.

In the end, you have to protect yourself at all times.

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.

Just live every day like it's your last day and be the best person that you can be.

I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.

To be honest with you, I normally beat guys with my C game and I don't have to pull my A or B game out.

I know how I could beat myself: by not being disciplined, by slacking, by not dedicating myself to my craft, by not working hard, by not listening, by thinking I know it all - short like that.

I'm a man of my word.

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.

I've been in the sport of boxing for a long time, but I haven't been able to bring my 'A-game' totally out. I've beaten fighters with my 'C-Game' and with my 'D-Game,' but I haven't been able to beat anybody with my 'A-Game.'

Floyd Mayweather is bigger than the sport. That's the thing. Because you can go to somebody who don't even know what boxing is and say, "Floyd Mayweather." They'll go, "Oh, I know Floyd Mayweather. I've heard that name."

I think I already proved that I wasn't just fighting for the money, because I fought as an amateur. I fought 90 fights for free.

A true champion can adapt to anything.

Anything I've asked of MGM Grand, they've done for me in a heartbeat. They're all about making entertainers and athletes happy.

My spirituality is more private. I've got my own personal relationship with god. 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. With all the rumors and all the hate, I'm still strong, still happy, still blessed.

I'm a firm believer that before you can go anywhere, you have to conquer the level that you are at, just like young kids do it today with video games, they have to finish one level to go to the next one. Conquer one level at the time, and only then you'll get where you want to go to.

Love me or hate me...you're gonna watch me.

Fame is cool but I believe in success.

There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.

I've truly been blessed. I've taken my time, kept my eye on the prize and done what I've had to do. So I'm able to make a choice when to retire. Most fighters really couldn't.

Showing is better than telling.

The American fans would love to see me fight anybody.

Your body is your temple. You do your body good, your body will do you good.

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.

I don't fold under pressure, great athletes perform better under pressure, so put pressure on me.

I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me.

Even though I had a rough life I always had my mind on bigger and better things.

He can have heart, he can hit harder and he can be stronger, but there's no fighter smarter than me.

I got a granite chin.

I don't talk about my personal life - or what I do with no females. Just know that I love women. A lot.

People always say, "I don't mean to do this . . . ," and then they do it! If you don't mean to touch on something, then don't touch on it. That's how I feel.

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.

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.

When I was younger, my dad did want me to be perfect, so that's probably why that's installed in me to this day. I want to be perfect at whatever I do. I can't help it. It's just installed in me.