A biography for Keith Thurmanhasn’t been written yet.
“I try to give people good things to talk about.”
“I'm trying to create a career for myself, but not just any career, I'm trying to create a legacy.”
“I have power, but focus on the overall athletic event - the technique you have to execute before acquiring the knockout. You have to play the game before you hit a home run, right?”
“You cannot forget who Keith Thurman is.”
“A lot of fighters have skills, they have talent. The one thing that you can't train is a strong mind.”
“A lot of people knew at the national tournaments that I was a big puncher. We were known as 'Samson,' the boy with the long hair.”
“Mike Tyson loved throwing hooks to the body and then coming up, even with the same hand... He knew that he was on the inside, and from there he had the perfect angle to come right up instead of going around the elbows.”
“Sometimes in greatness you fall short, only to rise again.”
“Keith Thurman No. 1, Errol Spence No. 2 and everything else is debatable.”
“There's a time and a place for everything. There's a time to sleep, wake up, there's a time to be graceful, and there's a time to be aggressive.”
“I enjoy talking trash.”
“With or without knockouts, every single one of my opponents has always felt my power. I am confident with my power, I know that as soon as I hit them they know that they're not fighting against the likes of some other opponents they have fought in their past.”
“I'm proud to be champion and I always want to be champion.”
“I've worked really hard to hurt people in my life so I admire people who heal people.”
“I'm here to entertain the world of boxing.”
“I mean, Terence Crawford and Errol Spence... that's a great fight. But Keith Thurman vs. Errol Spence and Keith Thurman vs. 'Bud' Crawford, I think those are better fights.”
“There's no quit in Keith Thurman.”
“The life of the sport is to participate for the fans, to hear the uproar, to hear the cheers.”
“I want to show fans what I do best, which is hurt people in the ring and create knockouts. And at the end of the day, that's what fans want to see.”
“I'm an exciting fighter and I always live up to the hype, unlike some other fighters who disappoint.”