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" I'm not in this sport to take punishment. "

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

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" Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder. "

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" I can get a black eye, a bloody nose. I can have a bad day in the gym. At the end of the day, I don't have a bad payday, and I don't have a bad night under the lights... I get bumps, bruises... but I don't have a bad night. "

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" 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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" 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. "

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" I don't adjust my training for any of my opponents. I don't watch films on my opponents. "

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" I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment. "

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

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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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" In the end, you have to protect yourself at all times. "

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" My whole outlook on life is, never judge a book by its cover. "

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

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" I don't have to fight if I don't want to. "

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" 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. "

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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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" 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. "

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" I'm always going to love my father. "

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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'm going to always bleed the red, white, and blue. I represented the U.S. in the Olympics; I love my country. But the U.S. fans will love you on Monday; if you lose, they'll hate you on Tuesday. If you win, it will be back to loving you on Wednesday. "

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" Nobody is faster than me. "

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