Top 100 Quotes About Floyd Mayweather
#1. I laugh when Floyd Mayweather says that if he went back in time he would beat us all. I'll tell you this: if he was in the same era as Hagler and Hearns and Leonard and me, I don't think he would be such a big name. There is too much talk.
Roberto Duran
#2. We all think we've got one more boxing match in us, and that, probably, will be the downfall of Floyd Mayweather, George Foreman, Manny Pacquiao. We'll overstay our welcome.
George Foreman
#4. I could never leave Las Vegas. I can't really afford New York or Los Angeles. I love this town. We don't have that much. We have the Runnin' Rebels and boxer Floyd Mayweather. When Mayweather fights, it's good for the whole city. It's like the Super Bowl out here.
Chumlee
#5. I'm not going to say that I'm the best, we respect our champions. Floyd's been doing this a lot longer than me, he's been a lot of mega fights and I won't dare say that I'm better than Floyd Mayweather.
Andre Ward
#6. I can't watch a [Floyd] Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting. I used to watch boxing in the [Michael] Tyson era when it was exciting. Now it's all bob and weave, a punch here and there. It is not entertaining.
Usain Bolt
#7. I say to Floyd Mayweather Jr., don't be a coward and face me in the ring, mano a mano, and shut your big, pretty mouth so we can show the world who is the true king of the ring,
Manny Pacquiao
#8. 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.
#9. If you want to chase a runaway ambulance toward what's left of the American Dream, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao show you that, still, somehow, boxing remains the yellow brick road in our country.
Brin-Jonathan Butler
#10. I think that Floyd Mayweather is the best boxer that's ever lived; like actual technical boxer.
Ronda Rousey
#11. 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.
#12. The Ricky Hatton that beat Kostya Tszyu in 2005 can beat Floyd Mayweather, he was so focused and in such amazing physical shape that he would have given anybody at that level a tough time.
Sugar Ray Leonard
#13. I feel like everybody is against Floyd Mayweather. I don't get any respect.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#14. 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.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#16. You look at boxing being an international, world-famous sport, right up there next with soccer, and there's only two fighters the people want to see fight. Two little fellows, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.
Emanuel Steward
#17. I don't feel that no fighter has the mental or physical agility to match Floyd Mayweather.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#19. Hopefully in 2011 the fans will get to see some fights that they want to see. Manny Pacquiao Vs. Floyd Mayweather needs to happen, and so does David Haye Vs. Wladimir Klitschko. The fans deserve to see fights that they want to see and not just the fights that the promoters want to see.
Emanuel Steward
#21. 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.
#22. I'm a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#24. 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.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#25. My kids are the future of the Mayweather family and of the Mayweather brand. I feel our family is stronger if we stay together.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#27. 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.
#29. Even though I had a rough life I always had my mind on bigger and better things.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#31. As long as you know you gave whatever you did 100% you're considered a winner in my book.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#32. 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.
#33. 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.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#34. 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.
#36. 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.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#37. 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.
#38. 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.
#41. 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.
#42. 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.
#43. Just live every day like it's your last day and be the best person that you can be.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#45. 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.
#47. 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.
#48. 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.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#52. 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.
#53. 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.
#54. Everybody is blessed with a certain talent, you have to know what your talent is maximize it and push it to the limit.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#57. 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.
#58. 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.
#61. 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.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#65. 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.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#66. I didn't watch one tape on Pacquiao. There is no reason to study him. He's not at this level.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#67. 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.
#68. 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.
#69. I walk around at 150-152 pounds to weigh 147 pounds. Other boxers weigh around 160-170 before coming down.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#73. I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#74. You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#75. 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.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#77. I'm the best at talking trash I'm also the best at going out there and backing it up.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#78. 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.
#79. 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.
#80. 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.
#82. 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.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#83. I've set the model of showing fighters how they should conduct their business.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#87. Me myself I park in handicap, the reason why ... ya know my bankroll make me walk with a crazy limp.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#88. I always say that I'm a clean athlete and that I should be randomly tested anytime, urine and blood.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#90. 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.
#95. 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.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#98. 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.
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