Quotes from Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

My whole outlook on life is, never judge a book by its cover.

I just got the will to win at life.

I've had boxing gloves on since before I could walk and been in gyms all of my life.

When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.

I'm a professional fighter and like most professional fighters I have had difficulties with my hands in the past.

I was able to retire from the sport with all my faculties and not let the sport retire me.

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

There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.

He can have heart, he can hit harder and he can be stronger, but there's no fighter smarter than me.

You know, everybody has a slogan, and once you beat people over the head with it so much, then that's what you'll eventually be called once you retire from the sport or whatever.

I'm not in this sport to see how hard I can get hit or to see how many big punches I can take. I am in this game to fight as long as I can. I am trying to dish a lot of punishment.

You have to protect yourself at all times. What goes around comes around.

I think I already proved that I wasn't just fighting for the money, because I fought as an amateur. I fought 90 fights for free.

Nobody is faster than me.

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.

Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.

Fame is cool but I believe in success.

I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.

I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.

I feel like everybody is against Floyd Mayweather. I don't get any respect.

When they said, 'Why is Floyd Mayweather not fighting Manny Pacquiao?' it was because Manny Pacquiao had a boss. I don't have a boss.

I loved competing and winning and also wanted to continue my career for the fans, knowing they were there for me and enjoyed watching me fight.

I basically raised myself.

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.