“Bob Arum is Manny Pacquiao’s boss, Floyd Mayweather is his own boss.” – Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Mayweather Jr. proved it today that he’s the boss. Defeating Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, taking his professional record to 48 undefeated bouts.
Here are 19 powerful quotes from Floyd Mayweather Jr.
-“To be honest with you, I normally beat guys with my C game and I don’t have to pull my A or B game out.”
– “Boxing is what pays my bills.”
– “I’ve had boxing gloves on since before I could walk and been in gyms all of my life.”
– “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”
– “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.”
– “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.”
– “Everything people say I couldn’t do I’ve done.”
– “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.”
– “When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have.”
– “Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.”
– “I don’t have to wait for nobody, I move when I wanna move.”
– “I’m the best at talking trash I’m also the best at going out there and backing it up.”
– “Once I beat a guy, mentally and physically, he’s never the same.”
– “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.”
– “A true champion can adapt to anything.”
– “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.”
– “I’ve got the will to win at life.”
– “You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.”
– “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.”
Which is your favourite Floyd Mayweather, Jr. quote ?
Have a super sunday and a great week ahead.
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