Donaire Quotes & Sayings

Always push beyond what you can do. — Nonito Donaire

I'll help out in ways to inspire others and ways to get people together and bring about things to help people financially. — Nonito Donaire

As a boxer, you have to put risk in to get to another level. — Nonito Donaire

I just wanna live the moment and just take every moment and embrace it because life is short. — Nonito Donaire

Everything in our family was always boxing. It was the life my father chose for me. — Nonito Donaire

With me, boxing's a beautiful sport. — Nonito Donaire

I need to take a punch in order for me to throw that hook. — Nonito Donaire

I wanted to bring that old school mentality of "Fight Me!, Fight me!" — Nonito Donaire

My style is like Bruce Lee, I'm like water. It's everything from defensive, to counters, to offense. — Nonito Donaire

We put our body and minds and lives on the line for being in that ring for the fans, that's why I respect fighters. Unless they don't respect me then I can't give any respect back. — Nonito Donaire

The motivation is in my heart to work toward my goals and my dreams. — Nonito Donaire

I was one of those kids that was always picked on but, one thing I gotta say it that no matter how bad your life gets, there's always a bright light out there and you gotta find it. — Nonito Donaire

Usually, sprinting is my main source of energy and recovery time because that's how I move. — Nonito Donaire

A lot of guys just punch with their arms; they don't utilize every part of their muscles they can use. I know how to use that, and that's where the power comes in. — Nonito Donaire

In school I was pretty fast. — Nonito Donaire

The best feeling is to win by knockout. — Nonito Donaire

I'm not into being competitive. I never saw myself as a competitive type of person. — Nonito Donaire

If you try your best, you can always be better. — Nonito Donaire

He's going for the home run, I'm going for the grand slam. If he gets a lot of strikeouts, I'm getting a shutout. I just have that positivity, that mentality that I can conquer whatever he gives out. — Nonito Donaire

I'll bring a flower out there and then give them a peace sign and hopefully they'll make it happen. — Nonito Donaire

Being a world champion is something I'm already proud of and can take for the rest of my life. — Nonito Donaire

When you do your best, there is no impossibility. — Nonito Donaire

I have a lot of respect for Mexico. — Nonito Donaire

If he wants to box we'll box. If he wants to brawl we'll brawl. — Nonito Donaire

He's a smart guy, but I think I'm a genius. — Nonito Donaire

Confident fighters are dangerous fighters. I know that. But there other fighters who said before a fight they were stronger than me, hit harder, were going to knock me out. Walters is a good champion but really how many quality fights has he been in compared to where I have been in my career? We both have speed, we both have power. It's an explosive fight. This is going to end in a knockout. I will go into the ring and do my best. — Nonito Donaire

I was always into cartoons and animation. — Nonito Donaire

All I know is that I'm proud to be Filipino. — Nonito Donaire

Even the other kids who people made fun of made fun of me. That's where I stood on the school food chain. — Nonito Donaire

He's such a great kid and such a determined kid, and he's so strong. — Nonito Donaire

Criticism is good, you learn from it each time and you know that people are paying attention. — Nonito Donaire

Growing up as an amateur, I wasn't much of a power puncher. I was more of a speed guy. — Nonito Donaire

I was always scared in the amateurs, but the minute I got in the ring it was like another person took over. I become more vicious. In there I love to hurt people. Outside I can't hurt a bug. — Nonito Donaire

If there's a best, I want to fight them. — Nonito Donaire

Whatever happens, I train hard for the fans and their support. — Nonito Donaire

I lived my life where I didn't have anything. I lived my life where people picked on me. Now that I am in a different light, I appreciate every moment of it. — Nonito Donaire

My Internet friends who I play games with say, 'This guy's a fighter?' I'm the last person they expect to be a fighter. — Nonito Donaire

Donaire is a very good champion. We both have speed and power. The difference is intelligence. I was born to fight. The bigger the fight the better. If Donaire isn't right, he's going to get knocked out. Maybe five rounds, maybe less. Not sure yet. But you know what? Donaire stepped up and took this fight. He didn't have to. For that, I respect him for getting in the ring with me. — Nicholas Walters

I seek to fight the best out there. I seek to fight the champions in every division I go up to. — Nonito Donaire

I enjoy singing, I enjoy music as much as I enjoy photography, doing filming and stuff like that. I do a lot of things to express who I am. — Nonito Donaire

For punches I never really choose, I take whatever opportunity is given to me. If it's a left, I'll take it. If it's a right I'll take it. — Nonito Donaire

I believe that he's a boring fighter. — Nonito Donaire

Not only did I win the fight, but I won something that's more than a fight could ever give me and that is gaining back a family. — Nonito Donaire

Growing up, I kind of adopted that mentality, going all out, being a warrior. — Nonito Donaire

As long as I have that support from my team, and I have that confidence in myself that I train really hard, I think there's no one out there who can defeat me in my weight class. — Nonito Donaire

Moving up and fighting the best keeps me hungry. — Nonito Donaire

I was taught to fighter like Sugar Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali when I was growing up. — Nonito Donaire

You can't look good everytime, even if you try to no matter what. — Nonito Donaire

As much as I have respect for him, this is for the crowd. The crowd didn't deserve what happened tonight. — Nonito Donaire

He said it's an honor to fight me, well I say that it's an honor to fight him as well. — Nonito Donaire

I liked Roy Jones, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ali ... those were the guys I was looking at growing up. — Nonito Donaire

People call me a nerd because I like to spend time on the computer. — Nonito Donaire

My father and I, we finally saw each other eye to eye and I think he's seeing me as a man, and I'm seeing him as the father he's always been. — Nonito Donaire

Seeing the Mexican fighters, it gave me, physically and mentally, ready for an all our war. — Nonito Donaire

I'm training everyday, even though I should be resting. — Nonito Donaire

I was 11 when I started boxing. My brother was fighting before I did, and he got me into it. — Nonito Donaire