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" Bernard Hopkins? He fights scary dirty. I mean, he did what he had to do in his career. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Career
Dirty
Mean
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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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She
Think
" My dad was in a hospital for months. The doctors told my dad he would never be able to walk again. My dad beat all the odds. He came back and was able to walk and start boxing again. He went to No. 1 in the world at welterweight to fight for the world title. But he never had his chance to fight for a world title. "
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Back
Chance
" I was able to retire from the sport with all my faculties and not let the sport retire me. "
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Faculties
Me
Able
" Ali was a threat because he was a voice, and the people hated Ali when he was a voice, but once Ali could no longer speak and he wasn't a voice, they loved him. Love me now. I don't want to be loved if I could barely walk or barely talk. That's not cool. "
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People
Cool
Love
" I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment. "
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About
Took
Punishment
" Boxing is what pays my bills. "
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Pays
Bills
Boxing
" You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Grow
Good
Bad
" I'm always focused. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Focused
Always
" Everything people say I couldn't do I've done. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Say
People Say
People
" 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.
Got
Strong
Career
" I basically raised myself. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Raised
Basically
Myself
" 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.
Me
Negative
Long
" I'm just an American dream. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
American Dream
American
Just
" I don't adjust my training for any of my opponents. I don't watch films on my opponents. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Adjust
Watch
Opponents
" 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.
Mother
Electricity
Sometimes
" Larry Merchant's just a commentator. He don't know nothing about boxing. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Boxing
Nothing
About
" Different days, I think about different victories. Ricky Hatton is one of those fights. I respect Ricky Hatton. He's a warrior. He's a hell of a warrior. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Respect
Think
Hell
" I commend Chris Brown and Soulja Boy for going out there for so many years and entertaining the people. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
People
Years
Out
" 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.
Right Time
Time
Choose
" Once I am in the square circle, I am in my home. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Square
I Am
Home
" I like to control my own personal life. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Own
My Own
Life
" You name him. I beat him. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Him
Beat
Name
" 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. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Advice
Said
Prison
" All the money I have, I got it legally. "
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Got
Legally
Money
" When they said, 'Why is Floyd Mayweather not fighting Manny Pacquiao?' it was because Manny Pacquiao had a boss. I don't have a boss. "
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Boss
Fighting
Had
" My whole outlook on life is, never judge a book by its cover. "
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Book
Judge
Life
" I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Sport
Beat
Guy
" When you're the best, you only want to surround yourself with the best. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Yourself
You
Surround Yourself
" Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Great
Floyd Mayweather
Sport
" If you were my friend, I love you unconditionally. I like you the same way I like everyone else that's around me. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
I Love You
Love
Me