Quotes from Ryan Garcia

I'm learning along the way, and there's going to be some little bumps and bruises, but as long as I keep rolling with the punches, I will keep moving up.

You can be a champion and you can be flashy with money and cars but you have a big platform. What are you trying to change?

I paid attention to how Floyd Mayweather adapts.

It doesn't matter how much experience Jayson Velez has, whether he fought for a world title or not. I'm going to see how he fights, and I'll know what to do.

If people wanted to fight me in the garage, then bring them on, and I will fight them in the garage.

I know Golden Boy definitely believes in me and backs me 100 percent.

I'm trying to do something more than just be a champion who wins fights.

I've said all along that I was destined for greatness.

I don't care about losing. How many times did Michael Jordan lose before he won his first championship? It wasn't about the number of losses with Sugar Ray Leonard or Tommy Hearns.

I know I need a work ethic to match my talent.

I have the following, I have the talent and I have the work ethic. I just want to be great and I feel like everyone is trying to control me.

The hardest part is just hearing people saying that I won't amount to crap, and that I'm going to be a bust.

I admire people who have fought for change: Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln. I'm dead serious when I say that - those are my heroes. I also like Ben Affleck.

I'm originally from Victorville, California, I grew up there. You know, it was a journey, because in Victorville, you know, it's tough out there. It's not like, the easiest place to grow up, so I had just faith in God that if I keep working hard, I could make a way for myself, so my faith in God is something I need, it's essential.

At the end of the day, you can have all the talent in the world. But if you don't put in the work, nothing works. The engine doesn't start going. It's a car without gas.

My self-belief, really is what kept me going, I always believed I could be a great champion, a world champion.

Every time I throw, I hate to miss. It's like those timing games in the arcades. I win every single time. Guys watch me and they pay me to keep playing.

I'm looking to expand my brand everywhere. I want to be worldwide, I want to reach the world.

Just like I have all the capabilities to become a big star, Golden Boy has all the tools to get me there.

Once I beat Gervonta Davis like I've been calling it, that's going to be like history repeats itself with Sonny Liston and Muhammad Ali.

That's one of my idols, I really look up to Pacquiao. This guy is everything I would want to be.

One of the most important things for me is my family. You know, they keep me grounded, they keep me humble. They always made sacrifices with me.

I'm a true fighter, not an Instagram fighter.

I ain't intimidated by Mayweather. Nobody could intimidate me.