Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Box Quotations

There is no fighter smarter than me.

I've had boxing gloves on since before I could walk and been in gyms all of my life.

Come December 8th his ass gone be hurt. He aint fought 43 Floyd Mayweathers.

I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.

I always put my boxing first.

It's the hurt business, it's boxing. We're there to get it in.

Hopefully, some day I help some of this up-and-coming talent and promote them. Boxing is growing and is here to stay.

I don't fight for legacy. I don't fight for none of that, I fight for that check. I'm in the check cashing business.

There is boxing and then there is me. The rest are just falling in line behind me or are trying to get in line to fight me. And that includes Manny Pacquiao too.

I knew boxing before I knew anything else.

Boxing is what pays my bills.

You stick to commentating, let me do the fighting.

Boxing won’t retire me, I will retire from boxing.

Floyd Mayweather is bigger than the sport. That's the thing. Because you can go to somebody who don't even know what boxing is and say, "Floyd Mayweather." They'll go, "Oh, I know Floyd Mayweather. I've heard that name."

I walk around at 150-152 pounds to weigh 147 pounds. Other boxers weigh around 160-170 before coming down.

I've been in the sport of boxing for a long time, but I haven't been able to bring my 'A-game' totally out. I've beaten fighters with my 'C-Game' and with my 'D-Game,' but I haven't been able to beat anybody with my 'A-Game.'

Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.

There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.

When God wants me to lose, then that's when I'll lose. But until then, I'm going to be at the top of my game and keep working hard anddedicating myself to the sport of boxing and to being the best entertainer that I can be.

Some pay to see me win, some pay to see me lose, but they all pay.

If I did want to come back, I was going to make, what, $50 million? You know what; don't call my phone unless you've got $100 million.

I'm a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit.