Quotes from Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

You know, as a young child, I lay in my bedroom and I swore to myself then: 'I'm not going to smoke and I'm not going to drink.' And I said I'm not going to just say that when I'm a kid. I'm going to stick to that as an adult. I kept that in mind my whole life.

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 don't adjust my training for any of my opponents. I don't watch films on my opponents.

You can never overlook a guy.

A lot of times, we get stuck, and we are followers. When you hear one person say, 'black lives matter,' or 'blue lives matter,' all lives matter. It's not right what is going on in this world on both sides.

Just live every day like it's your last day and be the best person that you can be.

I am the best. There is nobody better than me.

I don't fight for legacy. I don't fight for none of that, I fight for that check. I'm in the check cashing business.

I've set the model of showing fighters how they should conduct their business.

I just want to be the best. I haven't been in an all-out war. That doesn't mean I'm not the best.

We talk about these legendary fighters, talk about how they had hundred-something fights, hundred-something victories... but when you look at the history books, I still beat more world champions than any fighter in history.

When I was younger, my dad did want me to be perfect, so that's probably why that's installed in me to this day. I want to be perfect at whatever I do. I can't help it. It's just installed in me.

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.

All the money I have, I got it legally.

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