Quotes from Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.

Other great fighters like Sugar Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali have fallen to the canvas. Why not Julio Cesar Chavez?

I don't live for publicity or glory.

The fight with Camacho is very attractive. It's a natural fight, and one that Mexico, Puerto Rico and the world wants to see.

I am going to have to search for Whitaker. I intend to throw punches at him from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.

I am a boxer for the people. I am one of them.

There have been times I've fought just to fight.

I fought every kind of boxer.

I respect Frankie Randall.

I like to drink cold beer from time to time when it's very hot.

Thank God that I lost against Frankie Randall because he made me put my feet firmly on the ground.

I get quite depressed and unmotivated by my injuries.

Whitaker ran... he made a lot of fouls.

I want everybody to see, even though they say I am old and should retire, I can still do it in the ring.

God has given me so much that I feel I must give to those who are less fortunate. I don't do it to be in anyone's good graces.

I was always winning, winning, winning. I took winning for granted.

All I did was win, win, win. I took winning for granted.

Hands down, my son fighting for a world title, that's bigger than me going into the Hall of Fame.

Fights are won by fighting, not by running.

I have received all this criticism because I am a Latin American.

I told my mother I was going to become a world champion and buy her a home.

If Hector Camacho can ever win a title, I'd like to fight him.

I can fight at both 135 pounds and 140. I want to lose both my titles in the ring.

I've never been booed in my hometown.

I sometimes get worn out by the training and going into the gym, but never by the fights.