A biography for Floyd Mayweatherhasn’t been written yet.
“Boxing is what pays my bills.”
“The American fans would love to see me fight anybody.”
“I loved competing and winning and also wanted to continue my career for the fans, knowing they were there for me and enjoyed watching me fight.”
“Every home that I have is paid for, every car that I have is paid for, and I am a hundred-million-dollar man. I mean, this is the truth; it's not a lie.”
“Well, you've got certain obstacles that get in your way throughout your career, but you have to be a strong individual.”
“Conor McGregor is a tough competitor. He proved throughout the years in the UFC that he can fight standing up.”
“I think my grandmother saw my potential first. When I was young, I told her, 'I think I should get a job.' She said, 'No, just keep boxing.'”
“You know, everybody has a slogan, and once you beat people over the head with it so much, then that's what you'll eventually be called once you retire from the sport or whatever.”
“If you were my friend, I love you unconditionally. I like you the same way I like everyone else that's around me.”
“If I'm scared and I'm a coward, why do you guys want to see me fight?”
“I basically raised myself.”
“What's so crazy is when you give interviews to reporters that don't really care too much for you, basically what they're going to do is write what they want to write and discredit you. They're going to write and say what they want to say, no matter what you tell them.”
“I turned pro as a 20-year-old, won a world title a year later, and remained a world champion ever since.”
“I knew boxing before I knew anything else.”
“I've never had a job. I've never needed to.”
“You could take me anywhere. You could take me to the moon, and believe me, everybody's going to try to take a trip to the moon to watch me fight.”
“When you're the best, you only want to surround yourself with the best.”
“I'm a professional fighter and like most professional fighters I have had difficulties with my hands in the past.”
“Everything people say I couldn't do I've done.”
“I'm just an American dream.”