Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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.Collection: Chance
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.Collection: Respect
God has blessed me with an unbelievable talent, with fast feet, fast hands, unbelievable defense and a very, very sharp mind. So I'm thankful for that.Collection: Thankful
Mayweather Promotions - we are the past, the present, and the future of sports and entertainment, and everybody knows Mayweather's pay is better.Collection: Sports
You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.Collection: Good
I'm always going to love my father.Collection: Fathers
I'm not here to judge Mike Tyson. I'm not here to judge nobody. I'm not here to monitor no other fighters. I respect him for what he did in the sport of boxing. He was an entertainer.Collection: Respect
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.Collection: Dad
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.Collection: Future
Every home that I have is paid for, every car that I have is paid for, and I am a hundred-million-dollar man. I mean, this is the truth; it's not a lie.Collection: Car
I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.Collection: Cool
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.Collection: Respect
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.Collection: Cool
I'll back up anything my dad says.Collection: Dad
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.Collection: Forgiveness
I feel like everybody is against Floyd Mayweather. I don't get any respect.Collection: Respect
No one thought the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight would happen, but I had patience.Collection: Patience
When you're the best, you only want to surround yourself with the best.Collection: Best
A true champion can adapt to anything.
Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.
I'm a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit.
If you fight angry, you make a lot of mistakes, and when you fight a sharp, witty fighter like me, you can't make mistakes.
A true champion will fight through anything.
There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.
If I'm scared and I'm a coward, why do you guys want to see me fight?
I'm just an American dream.
I know that there's a god because I was able to survive everything that I've been through - all of the tough times - and I'm still at the top of my game.
Worry about going out there and making your own legacy.
Everything people say I couldn't do I've done.
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.
I'm a man of my word.
I ain't never nervous. Never nervous.
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.'
Once I am in the square circle, I am in my home.
My kids are the future of the Mayweather family and of the Mayweather brand. I feel our family is stronger if we stay together.
I am the best. There is nobody better than me.
God only made one thing in this world that's perfect - and that's my boxing record.
You have to protect yourself at all times. What goes around comes around.
When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have.
You hear certain things, negative things, all the time that aren't true, but you never hear about the positive.
Boxing's in my genes. I come from a fighting background. My dad and both my uncles were good boxers. I'm blessed with the art of war.
I'm not in this sport to take punishment.
I was able to retire from the sport with all my faculties and not let the sport retire me.
Nobody is faster than me.
Well, you've got certain obstacles that get in your way throughout your career, but you have to be a strong individual.
Bernard Hopkins? He fights scary dirty. I mean, he did what he had to do in his career.
I'm always focused.
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.'
I come from a very rough background, and I'm saying that if you work hard and dedicate yourself that you can make it, too.
Larry Merchant's just a commentator. He don't know nothing about boxing.