Quotes from Keith Thurman

Manny Pacquiao's just not a technical guy. He's a world class fighter and that's what always makes him one of the fan's favorites.

I have power, but focus on the overall athletic event - the technique you have to execute before acquiring the knockout. You have to play the game before you hit a home run, right?

To promote a fight with Adrien Broner would obviously be an exciting trash-talking event and one that I believe would enjoy.

I would love to be the undisputed welterweight champion of the world - that's always been the big dream - but outside of that, it really just makes me happy whenever somebody approaches me and they say, 'You are truly one of my favorite fighters in the sport of boxing today.'

I mean, Terence Crawford and Errol Spence... that's a great fight. But Keith Thurman vs. Errol Spence and Keith Thurman vs. 'Bud' Crawford, I think those are better fights.

Once you fill yourself with love, then you will have love to give to the rest of the world. This is my philosophy.

Shawn Porter is a terrific fighter and he's a great friend of mine. He's a devastating boxer-puncher like myself.

I like the freedom boxing has provided me, and I like to have people who I can trust around me. There's no need to make it complex when it's no longer simple.

The most interesting thing about creating a knockout is sometimes you feel absolutely nothing. As soon as impact connects to their chin everything goes limp and their muscles aren't fighting back so you're punch is able to go all the way through.

Whether it's Marcos Maidana, Shawn Porter, Amir Khan or Kell Brook, there are a lot of fights out there that I think would be very interesting for me, my career and the sport of boxing outside of Floyd Mayweather.

I try to give people good things to talk about.

Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity - I admire wise men. Some of my favorite forms of history are religious history, what the sages say from the top of the mountain and how they view life.

I guess maybe there is two sides of me - the nice guy and then the beast within.

I've loved boxing due to the history of boxing. It was one of the great American pastimes.

Sometimes in greatness you fall short, only to rise again.

That's what I'm trying to manifest, greatness within myself, no matter who they put in the ring.

I'm not afraid to lose. I'm here for the competition. I'm here to make greatness.

I want to do some stuff in America, see things here. Maybe rent a driver and an RV. I want to see the redwoods. Bucket list. Something that's been there forever, one of the wonders of the world.

I'm an imperfect person. I've let anger, jealousy, all the emotions, get the best of me. If I go into books, word by word, little by little, they help re-center and re-ground me and put me on the right path. Life is a journey. I'm very focused on the things I do and have learned not to be pressured.

I've worked really hard to hurt people in my life so I admire people who heal people.

To beat a lion, you have to have the heart of a lion.

This business is a tightrope between ultimate ego and absolute devastation. You could lose. You could get knocked out. You could get in a car accident. I want to deal with the total truth of the situation. When you cross-reference the paths your life might take and modalities that might apply to you, I find I'm more at ease in a humble ground.

I'm a hop-around kind of guy. I jump into hobbies, and I jump out of them.

I'm a hobbiest. There's a lot of hobbies that I have. But I've never devoted anything that I've devoted my time and effort to the sport of boxing. It consumes who I am as a person and as a fighter.