Quotes from Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

For Conor McGregor, I'm coming out of retirement just to fight Conor McGregor.

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.

I'll back up anything my dad says.

No one thought the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight would happen, but I had patience.

Boxing is what pays my bills.

Everything people say I couldn't do I've done.

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.

I always put my boxing first.

When you talking boxing, you talking me.

I knew boxing before I knew anything else.

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.

Once again we're talking to Brian Kenny, a man of many traits, a master of nothing.

There comes a time when money doesn't matter.

...cook him up with some barbecued dog...cook that yellow chump. I'll make that mother f**ker make me a sushi roll and cook me some rice.

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.

Cotto is a talented fighter but I'm God gifted.

Health is more important than anything.

Every time I go out there and compete, my number is, of course, $100 million or better.

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 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.'

A lot of times, in the beginning of my career, I put pressure on myself just because I wanted to perform so well. I just wanted to be perfect.

Even though I had a rough life I always had my mind on bigger and better things.

Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.

I like to control my own personal life.