Andre Ward Quotations

When I hit him, I knew it was over, ... It's a concussive type of punch. Because he's a lefty, he was wide open for that shot.

I am very comfortable fighting southpaw, ... both my right and left hands are powerful. My ability to switch on the fly really is amazing -- most guys are not looking for it and then BOOM, I switch to southpaw and they are on the mat. I think that is a major part of my game, and I work on that as much as I do my conventional style.

I get up for every fight and he has to understand that. I think he'll understand that real quick Saturday.

He's a tough kid. Somebody has to go (down), and I don't plan on it being me.

My mind-set has gotten a little more serious. I've always respected the game, but now this is my living. The hardest part is being away from my family.

The part that sickens me about boxing is guys fight their whole careers and they have nothing to show for it. That's not going to be my testimony. When it's time to get out of the game, I want to be able to walk away. I'm not going to jeopardize my health. I will have no problems walking away.

The way my father raised me, we don't pat ourselves on the back. We don't call ourselves great, we let other people do that.

I told myself that I'll do everything within my power to never let that happen again.

I think he takes a good shot, I take a good shot too, but taking too many shots is not good for any fighter. And it's not really a reputation you want.

It's not about size, it's a science.

You can still entertain without getting a knockout.

Anybody that's in my weight class, above me or beneath me, I keep an eye on.

This fight should be dubbed, 'No Excuses.' If Carl Froch beats me, there won't be any excuses. I beat Carl Froch, there shouldn't be any excuses. No judges, no referees, no nothing. May the best man win.

What you gotta understand is, in this conversation and in our fight, you're not in control.

I'm just excited that the fans are going to get their money's worth, and you can't say that a lot of the times.

I'm always striving to be a better man to God, a better husband, a better Dad so it's just work, but I'm committed to it.

I think Bute would have to face off with the Super Six Champion to prove that he's the best Super Middleweight. You come out of a tournament like this on top, that demands a lot of respect and carries a lot of weight.

He says he was physically not right, that's fine but the mentality, even if you're not right, you're still in a fight and you still show what you have deep down inside, and I don't think he showed the mettle that he needed to show in that fight in order to beat a guy like Miranda.

Even if you are sick, you fight until you have nothing left.

I'm not going to say that I'm the best, we respect our champions. Floyd's been doing this a lot longer than me, he's been a lot of mega fights and I won't dare say that I'm better than Floyd Mayweather.

I'm not gloating over Chad Dawson, he's still the man in my book.

I don't abuse my body, I've been off 10 months, I still train and I'm always thinking about boxing, so I felt like I would be fine and I just wanted to challenge myself against another top caliber fighter.

Let him tell us he's never been hurt, but that's the definition of getting hurt.

As a man, I have no problem saying I was hurt.

I like to talk come fight night, that's how I do it, but I'm not a pushover.

A lot of people look for you to change. Everything has stayed the same. Financially, this is God's money, and my wife and I are just stewards of it.

In the school of boxing that I come from, that's frowned upon, giving up free shots, cos we know what those kinda shots do to a man's career, regardless of whether it shows up now, or shows up when you least need it. It takes a toll.

I got knocked down, I don't know how many years ago and I haven't been off my feet since, and I responded again against the best in division without the respect of having the chin I'm supposed to have.

It's one thing to have an eye for the sport, and it's another to have a feel for the sport. He has both.

He's built up to be invincible and no man is invincible, any man can be knocked out.

You're only as good as your last fight. It's just the way things are. It's the way that the sport is built.

I don't rest on my laurels and start getting lazy. It makes me just wanna keep working.

That's what makes a fighter. I got dropped and I got back up, and I found a way to get the win.

I want my legacy to be that I was a man of character, I was a God fearing man and somebody who bettered the sport in terms of the way I represented the sport. But also that fact that I was a fierce competitor and fought the best in the world and was able to come out on top, so if those things could be said about me, then I look at it as a job well done.

The road I've taken to this point has not been easy. Being back on HBO is a big thing, but fighting on HBO in my hometown is huge. To be great you have to fight the best. Chad has beaten the best so these are the type fights I want to take. I will put on a great show for all the fans that come out to Oracle Arena.

Every fighter is my toughest challenge to date. After I get done with one fight, the next challenge is the toughest.

You can learn a lot from the Olympics, but you have to learn the sport again when you turn pro. Just being an Olympian or a gold medalist isn?t going to get you a break when you take off that headgear and start prizefighting. You?ve got to prove yourself all over again, every day.

Every time a fighter comes out to fight me, this is almost a world-title fight. This may be the closest he gets to the big time. So absolutely, I'm pumped and I'm ready for each and every fight.

As soon as that bell rings for the first round, ... you have to establish whose ring it is. That's really all I try to do -- I try not to think to much, I don't think Roy thinks to much in the ring. We try to think on the fly -- we bring game plans to the ring but the main thing is to take control of the ring, from the jump.

This is going to be a great and exciting event, not only for boxing fans, but for me personally, because I get to fight alongside two of my Olympic teammates, Andre Dirrell and Devin Vargas. I'm looking forward to putting on a spectacular performance in front of my hometown crowd and then letting the fans get an up close and personal look of Andre and Devin, just like we did in Athens.

It was either Connecticut or San Jose, so you know what I chose. I have great fans here.

I never want to despise small beginnings. I?m grateful for where we?re at right now.

I think my jab has a lot to do with having a throwback trainer in Virgil,

The guy was heavy handed. This was my first left-hander (I've faced) as a professional. I need to face more of them.