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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. "

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

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" We talk about these legendary fighters, talk about how they had hundred-something fights, hundred-something victories... but when you look at the history books, I still beat more world champions than any fighter in history. "

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" 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. "

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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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" 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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" Mayweather Promotions - we are the past, the present, and the future of sports and entertainment, and everybody knows Mayweather's pay is better. "

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" I'm a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit. "

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" How can a guy talk about $20 or $30 million if he's never even made $8 or $9 million? "

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" I commend Chris Brown and Soulja Boy for going out there for so many years and entertaining the people. "

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" When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have. "

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" A lot of times, we get stuck, and we are followers. When you hear one person say, 'black lives matter,' or 'blue lives matter,' all lives matter. It's not right what is going on in this world on both sides. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I like to control my own personal life. "

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" What I learned from boxing and what everyone can take in real life is to follow directions, follow order. Don't give nobody a hard time. "

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" I push myself to the limit. "

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" Things happen for a reason, and the only thing you can do is at night time get on your knees and ask God for forgiveness for anything that you did that you didn't feel was right. "

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" I turned pro as a 20-year-old, won a world title a year later, and remained a world champion ever since. "

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" I ain't never nervous. Never nervous. "

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

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" Worry about going out there and making your own legacy. "

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