Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Quotes
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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 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.
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I ain't never nervous. Never nervous.
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My whole outlook on life is, never judge a book by its cover.
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All the money I have, I got it legally.
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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.
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If you the best, take the test!
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There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.
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I am the best. There is nobody better than me.
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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.
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Bob arum is Manny Pacquiao's boss, Floyd Mayweather is his own boss.
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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.
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Self-preservation is an important thing to me.
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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.
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I think my grandmother saw my potential first. When I was young, I told her, 'I think I should get a job.' She said, 'No, just keep boxing.'
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I want to be able to separate the average from the good and from the great. I want to separate the ordinary from the extraordinary.
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Come December 8th his ass gone be hurt. He aint fought 43 Floyd Mayweathers.
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I don't fight for bragging rights. I've proved myself.
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No athlete works harder than Floyd Mayweather.
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I don't talk about my personal life - or what I do with no females. Just know that I love women. A lot.
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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.
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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.
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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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The sport needs the cash cow back.
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When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have.
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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 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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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.
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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.
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Fame is cool but I believe in success.
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