Floyd Mayweather Jr. Quotes & Sayings

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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

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

I've had boxing gloves on since before I could walk and been in gyms all of my life. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

You have to protect yourself at all times. What goes around comes around. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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

Come December 8th his ass gone be hurt. He aint fought 43 Floyd Mayweathers. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Cotto is a talented fighter but I'm God gifted. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I'm not scared of any opponent. I fight who I want to fight. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I don't feel that no fighter has the mental or physical agility to match Floyd Mayweather. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Health is more important than anything, — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

The sport needs the cash cow back. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

There are all these athletes out there cheating. I am clean and pure. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Some pay to see me win, some pay to see me lose, but they all pay. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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

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

I'm not in this sport to take punishment. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I don't know who my three next opponents will be. A lot of people ask me that. You want to fight me? Earn it. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Once I beat a guy, mentally and physically, hes never the same. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I'll back up anything my dad says. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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

I always put my boxing first. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

It's the hurt business, it's boxing. We're there to get it in. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Nobody is faster than me. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I like to control my own personal life. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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

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

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I don't adjust my training for any of my opponents. I don't watch films on my opponents. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I'm always focused. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

My skills are still my skills. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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

I knew boxing before I knew anything else. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Well, you've got certain obstacles that get in your way throughout your career, but you have to be a strong individual. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Ricky Hatton ain't nothing but a fat man. I'm going to punch him in his beer belly when I see him. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

All 48 of my fights have been hard. None have been easy. All played a major key. It's the 'Mayweather Era.' I feel that every fighter is an artist and they all take pictures their own way. I'm just one of the very best artists. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

My whole outlook on life is, never judge a book by its cover. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

If I'm scared and I'm a coward, why do you guys want to see me fight? — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I am the best. There is nobody better than me. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

The American fans would love to see me fight anybody. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I don't fight for bragging rights. I've proved myself. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Once I am in the square circle, I am in my home. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Boxing is what pays my bills. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I like fighters who come to fight. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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

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

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." — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

You can never overlook a guy. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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

Maidana is a young, strong and tough competitor. He's a guy that I can't overlook. You can never take any fighter for granted because anything can happen. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

To be the best you have to work overtime. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I don't have to wait for nobody, I move when I wanna move. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Some people are just right for you. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I'm fighting Miguel Cotto on May 5th because Miss Pac Man is ducking me — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

There is no fighter smarter than me. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Showing is better than telling. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I didn't watch one tape on Pacquiao. There is no reason to study him. He's not at this level. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

A true champion will fight through anything. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

The ultimate goal is to always break records. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I'm a professional fighter and like most professional fighters I have had difficulties with my hands in the past. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Your body is your temple. You do your body good, your body will do you good. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I walk around at 150-152 pounds to weigh 147 pounds. Other boxers weigh around 160-170 before coming down. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I don't duck or dodge anybody. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Manny Pacquiao I'm calling you out let's fight May 5th and give the world what they want to see. My Jail Sentence was pushed back because the date was locked in. Step up Punk. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Once again we're talking to Brian Kenny, a man of many traits, a master of nothing. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Boxing won't retire me, I will retire from boxing. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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

Love me or hate me ... you're gonna watch me. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

All the money I have, I got it legally. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

All work is easy work. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.