Quotes from Danny Garcia

I was born to perform on a high level.

I feel like I'm the Tim Duncan of boxing.

When I was a little kid I was embarrassed to tell people I had six toes, and I still do have six toes.

They say that being humble leaves you out of the record books. I want to be in the record books.

Garcia name is going to be remembered in the boxing game for a long time.

I've got to make sure I take care of business and look impressive.

I've been to a lot of different cities around the world. People in Philly are a lot different... We're raised a little more street-smart. We're raised a little tougher. We're raised to never back down and to hold our ground.

I've been in this position many times and I know it's these so-called easy fights that can be harder than the toughest ones.

No fighter has more fundamentals and overall skill than Danny Garcia.

You work for years and years to make the Olympics, then something goes wrong and it's all gone. But that doesn't mean you can't still make your mark in another way. Losing in the Olympic Trials made me that much hungrier to become a world champion as a pro.

When I used to fight in the amateurs, guys wouldn't show up for the finals and I won the tournament. They wouldn't call my name when it was time to get the trophy. They called everyone else's name. Believe me, you remember things like that. I'd say there was disrespect there. It's followed me into the pros.

I'm a Philadelphia fighter in the truest sense. I never quit.

You know, I accept some things with a laugh. Amir Khan was supposed to be a killer, and look what I did to him. Then it gets back to me that people thought I was lucky. Well, I must be lucky my whole life then, because I keep winning.

A lot of boxers try to make it entertaining by fighting with their mouth.

Any big names out there that want to fight Danny Garcia, let's get it on.

I've been under a lot of pressure in my career - fights I was the underdog or counted out in.

Somebody might try to steal your backpack, somebody might throw bread at you in the lunchroom. I was the kind of kid that if you did that, I wanted to fight.

I can't worry about nobody else. I've got to be Danny Garcia and win my fights and everything else will fall into place.

I'm a father now. I got to man up and be the best father I can be, which means I have to fight smarter. I can't take a lot of unnecessary punishment. I got to protect my future, and my child's future.

From the time I started boxing, my dream was to win an Olympic gold medal. At 10, I can't say I knew how big the Olympics are. I just knew that every kid in the gym wanted to win an Olympic gold medal. Every kid in every gym probably wants to win an Olympic gold medal.

Pacquiao needs a fighter like me to sell. Our styles match up better than anyone else's styles in the welterweight division. It would be a great fight.

I'll fight anyone, anytime, anywhere.

I know what I can do, I know who I am. I just stay in my own lane.

At the end of the day, we fight for the legacy, but you don't want to be just a fighter with legacy with no money.