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" I've had boxing gloves on since before I could walk and been in gyms all of my life. "
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
My Life
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" You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally. "
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" Mike Tyson was one of the fighters who motivated me. How? We both used to train at the Golden Gloves boxing gym. I used to see his Rolls-Royce, his diamond Rolex on, and I said, 'You know what? Those are the things that I want.' "
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" 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. "
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" Racism still exists in the sport of boxing. "
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" 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. "
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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 just want to be the best. I haven't been in an all-out war. That doesn't mean I'm not the best. "
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" Well, you've got certain obstacles that get in your way throughout your career, but you have to be a strong individual. "
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" 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. "
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" I've set the model of showing fighters how they should conduct their business. "
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" I am the best. There is nobody better than me. "
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" You can never overlook a guy. "
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" For Conor McGregor, I'm coming out of retirement just to fight Conor McGregor. "
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" Nobody is faster than me. "
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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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" You name him. I beat him. "
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" I can remember 1987 when I had my first amateur fight in Michigan, weighing 64lb. I was 10 years old. I was the youngest and smallest guy on my team. I can remember what I ate. There was this restaurant called Ponderosa, and my dad made me eat a steak. I was happy. It was a first round knockout. I slept with my trophy for two weeks. "
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" I'll back up anything my dad says. "
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" You could take me anywhere. You could take me to the moon, and believe me, everybody's going to try to take a trip to the moon to watch me fight. "
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" 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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" I'm a professional fighter and like most professional fighters I have had difficulties with my hands in the past. "
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" If I'm scared and I'm a coward, why do you guys want to see me fight? "
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" I basically raised myself. "
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" I ain't never nervous. Never nervous. "
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