Quotes from Terence Crawford

A lot of people try to take away the things I have done and try to give other people credit for the things they have done and won't give me the same amount of credit in the ring for doing the same things or more.

I need that 147-pound belt.

Everybody has those certain fighters they follow and that they really put on a high pedestal. They want to give the most shine that they possibly can. They look for any reason to break down a fighter's performance to when it isn't their favorite fighter in any positive thought.

I feel like me fighting Pacquiao and beating him would boost my career higher than its ever gonna go.

I just stick to what I know, boxing.

This is not a sport for me - I live boxing. I've been boxing since I was seven years old.

I told Gamboa he picked the wrong fighter and the wrong city, and I was right. I never felt any danger in the fight.

Andre Ward, he's one of my favorite fighters.

I just want to leave a mark on the sport of boxing so people talk about me like they talk about the other great champions before me. That's my goal before I retire.

I feel confident matching up with anybody.

I can box, I can bang, I can switch, I can punch, I'm not slow.

Boxing is a dangerous, cruel sport. I love the sport, but I don't want to see my kids in the ring, potentially being hurt, with me not being able to do nothing to help them.

I'm not worried about what the critics say, or how they feel I should go with my career.

I believe I'm a pretty good fighter and have accomplished more than Lomachenko.

My name itself is huge in Omaha. That's not a target I need to focus on because we know we can sell out.

I thank God for blessing me with the tools that he blessed me with to be where I am.

Each training camp I take a dog with me, when I'm running I take the dog with me. It gives me that extra inspiration and push.

Where I come from we believe in an eye for an eye. That's what we do. That's just the way it is.

As a kid, my temper was on Cloud 10. Anything you say, I would just jump on you, you know?

I'm a fighter. I'm not a promoter and I'm not a manager so I leave that up to my manager and my promoter and I just fight.

No matter what the circumstances are, we the fighters need to speak up and make it be known we want to fight each other. We go to our promoters and managers and tell them to get it done because at the end of the day, we're the ones fighting, the ones making them the money.

I have a lot of family members and friends that depend on me.

I'm the best fighter in the division and I'm always willing to prove it.

I am a fighter and I will fight anybody.