Danny Garcia
A boxing gym is not supposed to look like a hotel or a condo. It is supposed to be rugged.
I am a Puerto Rican. I could have been born on the moon, but I'm still Puerto Rican.
When I was a little kid I was embarrassed to tell people I had six toes, and I still do have six toes.
I'll fight anyone, anytime, anywhere.
Garcia name is going to be remembered in the boxing game for a long time.
I can't worry about nobody else. I've got to be Danny Garcia and win my fights and everything else will fall into place.
I fought on the undercard of a show headlined by Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather Jr. There was almost no one in the arena then. But when Hatton and Mayweather came out, every seat was filled. There had to be 16,000 or 17,000 people in there. The place was going crazy.
I still know I'm a true champion, I'm a great fighter, some of the best fighters of all time have a loss, or more than a couple of losses.
I've been an Eagles fan since I was a little kid.
I've been counted out a lot of times, but always find a way to win.
Manny Pacquiao, Errol Spence or anybody who wants to fight me, I'm here. Let's get it on.
I will take anyone at 147.
I don't think about the money when I'm training.
A lot of people don't have people to tell them, 'You're the best, and nobody can beat you.' You gotta have a lot of confidence to tell your fighter that. And you have to make a fighter believe he's the best to be the best.
I hate to say this, but sometimes you need a wake-up call.
My job is to fight and that's what I do.
I know how to control the distance, I know how to counter real good.
At the end of the day, we fight for the legacy, but you don't want to be just a fighter with legacy with no money.
I've never picked any of my opponents - from Amir Khan to Lucas Matthysse to Keith Thurman to Lamont Peterson.
I've never ducked no one.
My job is to fight whoever they put in front of me.
People were fighting to try to train me. They saw a pot of gold, and they wanted to fight for it. But they seem too hungry. So I said if my father ain't training me, I ain't going to fight.
I don't care what people think, what people say.
I know what I can do, I know who I am. I just stay in my own lane.
I'd go around Philadelphia and everybody still loved me. Until the Eagles won, I was the only champ they had.
My whole career has been based on pressure. When I don't have it, it feels weird sometimes.
Somebody might try to steal your backpack, somebody might throw bread at you in the lunchroom. I was the kind of kid that if you did that, I wanted to fight.
In basketball and football I would cry. I didn't understood why all my teammates weren't good. Then I started boxing and I knew it was different. I said, this is all me.
You can't hit what you can't see.
I've got to make sure I take care of business and look impressive.
I've been in this position many times and I know it's these so-called easy fights that can be harder than the toughest ones.
I want to be the best fighter in the sport.
No fighter has more fundamentals and overall skill than Danny Garcia.
I feel like I'm the Tim Duncan of boxing.
It's an exciting feeling going to Puerto Rico. To go back where my dad was born, my bloodline, it means a lot to me to reach out to my fans in Puerto Rico.
It's amazing to be a Puerto Rican fighter; we have a great history of fighters.
I just want to keep the Puerto Rican tradition of champions alive.
I love it here in Puerto Rico. I love the weather and the beautiful people. Everything about the culture is like where I grew up in Philadelphia.
I've seen a lot of the great fighters, so I've always been a fan of the Puerto Rican fighters and I'm happy to be one myself.
I don't think it's fair that you can say I'm not a Puerto Rican fighter because I wasn't born in Puerto Rico, when my blood is Puerto Rican.
I'm happy for Tevin Farmer, I'm happy for everybody from Philly who's doing their thing.
I always support Philly.
Philly is old-school.
I'm a father now. I got to man up and be the best father I can be, which means I have to fight smarter. I can't take a lot of unnecessary punishment. I got to protect my future, and my child's future.
A lot of people say things because I wasn't born here, but in my heart, I know that I am a true Puerto Rican champion.
I've been in a lot of big fights, so I can't psyche myself out, like, 'Oh, this is a big fight.'
This is what Philadelphia fighters are all about - rising to the occasion - and that's what I've been doing my whole career.
I know how the game works. You want to fight who you want to fight. And it never happens.
Any big names out there that want to fight Danny Garcia, let's get it on.
We want all the big fights.