Quotes from Shawn Porter

I'm definitely confident I can beat Timothy Bradley. It would be a great night of fireworks. We are both competitive, fast and strong. I work extremely hard and I would be ready for everything.

I've always been taught to be hungry, be aggressive, and not to allow someone to get comfortable in the ring, and that's going to always be my mentality against whoever it is I'm going to be fighting.

I'm always going to be a problem for whoever is standing across from me.

I think, for me coming into the game, the way that I came into the sport and the business being ran the way that it was ran for me, I was always told who I would fight, and there was never really ever a fountain of guys to pick from.

Every fight is a must-win because we are winners.

Not to say that he put me through anything traumatizing, but I think just my dad has always had a short fuse. I always wanted to do my best just so I wouldn't have to deal with that.

God gives everyone gifts. You have to figure out what your gift is and use it to honor Him.

I've been fortunate to be in some really big fights against some really good guys and always have my health at the end of the night.

Losing is never part of my thought process.

There's always a number of champions in each division but when you can eliminate everyone else and grab all those belts, that's what I want to do.

I gave this sport a great deal. From the training to the competition to the more training.

I like to have fun but I like to do it when it's time to have fun. Usually outside of the ring, when the cameras and lights are not around, when it's just my friends, my family and me and we're bowling or at the movies.

Honestly, man, I'm very, very soft spoken. I'll go in a room and if you don't know me, you'll never know that I was there. I've always been that way, timid in a lot of ways. I don't like making new friends.

The thing that I loved most about football was the thing I hated the most. I loved the team, I loved the comradery, but I hated that 10 other guys had to have the same love, and heart, and drive, and skill and talent that I did in order to succeed.

I feel very familiar with Granados at this point. One night I watched about three or four of his fights and some interviews and really got to put him in my mind. He's an aggressive fighter who's not easily hurt or fazed by what's going on in the ring.

A big inspiration for me is Shaquille O'Neal. I've seen what he's done with his career and his investments beyond basketball.

I was 10 years old playing football against guys who were 12 and 13 years old, and it doesn't sound that big, but back then when you're 10 going up against preteens, it's a big deal. So even at that young age, my dad has always challenged me and made sure I not only put out my best, but I was going up against the best.

I'm as solid as a rock.

Someday, I think I'll make a pretty good dad.

My mindset is to stay healthy, continue getting into the ring with the best guys in the world and putting on the best performances.

My mom and dad weren't married.

Being a part of the first PBC event on Spike TV is an honor.

I'm going to force Danny Garcia to fight me, to be uncomfortable and to do things he's not used to doing in a fight.

Spence hasn't been in a ring with an animal like me. I have to be a dog, touch him and make him feel me. He won't be able to catch my rhythms. I pride myself on making people uncomfortable.