Quotes from Keith Thurman

It's in my dreams, being champion and staying champion and being one of the major champions in the sport.

There's different kind of champions. There's the champion that becomes champion and they're not champion for long. And then you have the guy who becomes champion and he stays at the top for like a decade. And those fighters tend to be very intelligent.

I'm an exciting fighter and I always live up to the hype, unlike some other fighters who disappoint.

Keith 'One Time' Thurman is a dangerous man.

I'm 'One Time' for a reason.

I tell myself, 'You're great, you're powerful, you're strong. You're the greatest, most powerful, strongest fighter in the world.' I acknowledge my greatness. I bow down before my greatness. I inflate myself like that, and then I pop the balloon in a single sentence by saying: You can be beaten.

I'd get beat up a lot early on. I wasn't the strongest, fastest or most skilled guy there, but I had a lot of heart and kept showing up. I just started getting better and by the time I was 13 I was knocking older kids and amateurs out.

With or without knockouts, every single one of my opponents has always felt my power. I am confident with my power, I know that as soon as I hit them they know that they're not fighting against the likes of some other opponents they have fought in their past.

The best part about fighting in New York is the New York fight fans, man - Vegas does not compare to the New York fight fans.

I'm just not a team sports guy. I can't rely on somebody else for victory. I can't stand if they fumble a ball. I can't stand if they move offsides. I can't stand not being in the game.

Everybody in the welterweight division is shooting for that Mayweather sweepstakes.

People who know Keith Thurman know I'm one of the most exciting welterweights in the division - I don't think anything has changed that.

I'm here to dominate the welterweight division.

I'm here to entertain the world of boxing.

I don't need Mayweather, but it is an entertaining fight for the American public.

I'm trying to create a career for myself, but not just any career, I'm trying to create a legacy.