A biography for Keith Thurmanhasn’t been written yet.
“At the end of the day, you know, Keith Thurman is just not a 9-to-5 kind of guy.”
“I believe in the spirit of God because I believe in the spirit of man.”
“I dedicate some of my power to Mike Tyson. I watched a lot of film on Mike Tyson. Then we started taking notes on Muhammad Ali. We took notes on Sugar Ray Leonard. What was that fighter known for? Why was he so difficult to beat in his time, in his era and, you know, why was he at the top?”
“There's no real rush to answer the questions you face. To apply the best intellectual answer, you should clear your mind, stay calm, assess the question as well as you can to be comfortable, and then respond.”
“You can't have a No. 1 fighter when you have three undefeated champions. It's just the dumbest thing in the world. Let's just be honest. You can't have three undefeated champions of the world.”
“I dropped out of high school so I could attend another kind of school, an internship of champions. I dropped out to live my dreams.”
“Everybody knows the day I beat Diego Chaves, I became the WBA interim world titlist, which made me the No. 1 contender for whomever was the WBA titlist.”
“I like to carry some nerves with me for each fight.”
“I guess maybe there is two sides of me - the nice guy and then the beast within.”
“I never fit into any box, even in my boxing style, and when you try to put a label on me it's like I have to disprove the label. I'm weird like that.”
“Keith 'One Time' Thurman is a dangerous man.”
“I just love achieving my goals. I'm a goal seeker.”
“People who know Keith Thurman know I'm one of the most exciting welterweights in the division - I don't think anything has changed that.”
“I'm just not a team sports guy. I can't rely on somebody else for victory. I can't stand if they fumble a ball. I can't stand if they move offsides. I can't stand not being in the game.”
“As a fighter I hold a certain level of pride and can only deal so much with the politics.”
“Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity - I admire wise men. Some of my favorite forms of history are religious history, what the sages say from the top of the mountain and how they view life.”
“I'm 'One Time' for a reason.”
“Nobody is trying to avoid Shawn Porter. Look at all the named fighters that fought Shawn Porter, because nobody is avoiding Shawn Porter. Nobody is scared of Shawn Porter. Shawn Porter can beat you. He's tough, durable and comes to win but nobody's scared.”
“19 Keith Thurman has to remind you who Keith Thurman is, why Keith Thurman is one of the baddest men at 147, why you need to always mention me when you mention the others... and, hopefully, put my name first.”
“I gave my Prius to my sister and bought myself another Prius.”