I always say that I'm a clean athlete and that I should be randomly tested anytime urine and blood.
Pressure... I love it.
Maidana is a young strong and tough competitor. He's a guy that I can't overlook. You can never take any fighter for granted because anything can happen.
Health is more important than anything
I'll back up anything my dad says.
I knew boxing before I knew anything else.
I don't duck or dodge anybody.
I don't know who my three next opponents will be. A lot of people ask me that. You want to fight me? Earn it.
No athlete works harder than Floyd Mayweather.
I don't fold under pressure great athletes perform better under pressure so put pressure on me.
I don't feel that no fighter has the mental or physical agility to match Floyd Mayweather.
I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me.
I don't adjust my training for any of my opponents. I don't watch films on my opponents.
A true champion can adapt to anything.
I always put my boxing first.
I think I already proved that I wasn't just fighting for the money because I fought as an amateur. I fought 90 fights for free.
The American fans would love to see me fight anybody.
Anything I've asked of MGM Grand they've done for me in a heartbeat. They're all about making entertainers and athletes happy.
I fight myself. I don't fight to break Ali's record or Sugar Ray Robinson's record. I fight to please myself. I know in my heart where I'm rated. I didn't fight in Ali's era. This is my era.
I've had boxing gloves on since before I could walk and been in gyms all of my life.
My team calls all the shots out of the ring I call them in the ring.
There are all these athletes out there cheating. I am clean and pure.
You have to protect yourself at all times. What goes around comes around.
Some pay to see me win some pay to see me lose but they all pay.
I don't talk about my personal life - or what I do with no females. Just know that I love women. A lot.
Your body is your temple. You do your body good your body will do you good.
My whole outlook on life is never judge a book by its cover.
Bob arum is Manny Pacquiao's boss Floyd Mayweather is his own boss.
A lot of the time when I go to church people want to take pictures. They want you to sign autographs. So I don't go all the time. I go once in a blue moon. Every once in a blue moon.
Showing is better than telling.
Even though I had a rough life I always had my mind on bigger and better things.
I am the best. There is nobody better than me.
Boxing is what pays my bills.
I got a big mouth.
The sport needs the cash cow back.
I've set the model of showing fighters how they should conduct their business.
Ain't no boundaries ain't no limits.
There's ups and downs with boxing layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.
Las Vegas is the boxing capital. During a Floyd Mayweather fight weekend you can shop party stay out late and do anything you want. The city of Las Vegas has everything.
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.
Hopefully some day I help some of this up-and-coming talent and promote them. Boxing is growing and is here to stay.
Boxing won't retire me I will retire from boxing.
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.'
It's the hurt business it's boxing. We're there to get it in.
I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.
I walk around at 150-152 pounds to weigh 147 pounds. Other boxers weigh around 160-170 before coming down.
Once again we're talking to Brian Kenny a man of many traits a master of nothing.
Canelo's a different breed. A lot of people think because of the way I made Canelo look they're going to be able to do the same thing but that's not true. He's a strong fighter.
When I step in the ring I bring everything I have.
My kids are the future of the Mayweather family and of the Mayweather brand. I feel our family is stronger if we stay together.
I don't fight for bragging rights.
I don't fight for bragging rights. I've proved myself.
I push myself to the limit.
I come from a very rough background and I'm saying that if you work hard and dedicate yourself that you can make it too.
I'm the best at talking trash I'm also the best at going out there and backing it up.
Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.
If you the best take the test!
I'm always going to love my father.
I'm a man of my word.
I basically raised myself.
Fame is cool but I believe in success.
I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.
When they put me on ESPN and they talk about negative things or when they put me on TMZ and they talk about negative things I'm just glad that I'm relevant; to have lasted this long being relevant.
To be the best you have to work overtime.
It's about being smart taking your time keeping your composure just going out there and being the best that you can be
A belt don't make me.
I'm a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit.
There's no blueprint on how to beat me.
Once I beat a guy mentally and physically hes never the same.
I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.
When I was about 8 or 9 I lived in New Jersey with my mother and we were seven deep in one bedroom and sometimes we didn't have electricity.
Any true champion can bounce back. That's what being a champion is: being able to deal with adversity and being able to bounce back.
It's about having personality...it's not about being the bad guy it's about entertaining people.
You have good days you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
Ricky Hatton ain't nothing but a fat man. I'm going to punch him in his beer belly when I see him.
A lot of times in the beginning of my career I put pressure on myself just because I wanted to perform so well. I just wanted to be perfect.
You hear certain things negative things all the time that aren't true but you never hear about the positive.
Well you've got certain obstacles that get in your way throughout your career but you have to be a strong individual.
Of course we all know what UFC stands for - Undefeated Floyd's Champion
A true champion will fight through anything.
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.
I got a granite chin.
Everywhere I go I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.
Me and my team always work so hard outside that square circle.
Once I am in the square circle I am in my home.
I like fighters who come to fight.
Any fight that Floyd Mayweather is in is going to be entertaining regardless. People come to see an icon a living legend a superstar.
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.
As long as you know you gave whatever you did 100% you're considered a winner in my book.
I want to beat the best out there and whoever is considered the top fighters of my era.
I like to control my own personal life.
If I'm scared and I'm a coward why do you guys want to see me fight?
People have said things about me and wrote and criticized me about things in the past but it goes in one ear and out the other.
There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
Everything people say I couldn't do I've done.
Come December 8th his ass gone be hurt. He aint fought 43 Floyd Mayweathers.
I don't have to run from none of these fighters. If I want to keep my defense tight and break em' down I can.
Hard work dedication!
I'm a professional fighter and like most professional fighters I have had difficulties with my hands in the past.
All work is easy work.
I've truly been blessed. I've taken my time kept my eye on the prize and done what I've had to do. So I'm able to make a choice when to retire. Most fighters really couldn't.
I'm looking to expand my portfolio while I'm on top and while I'm young.
In the end you have to protect yourself at all times.
Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.
I feel like everybody is against Floyd Mayweather. I don't get any respect.
Some people are just right for you.
Nobody is faster than me.
I'm fighting Miguel Cotto on May 5th because Miss Pac Man is ducking me
You stick to commentating let me do the fighting.
If you fight angry you make a lot of mistakes and when you fight a sharp witty fighter like me you can't make mistakes.
There is no fighter smarter than me.
Cotto is a talented fighter but I'm God gifted.
He can have heart he can hit harder and he can be stronger but there's no fighter smarter than me.
I don't have to fight if I don't want to.
I just got the will to win at life.
All the money I have I got it legally.
You can never overlook a guy.
Love me or hate me...you're gonna watch me.
When it's all said & done only God can judge me. I'm going to go out there on 5/5 to give my fans what they want to see.
Me myself I park in handicap the reason why... ya know my bankroll make me walk with a crazy limp.
You've got to have a villain and they'll always make me a villain. I'm used to it - it makes me work harder and it makes me fight harder.
If you're the best then take the test!
Self-preservation is an important thing to me.
Manny Pacquiao I'm calling you out let's fight May 5th and give the world what they want to see. My Jail Sentence was pushed back because the date was locked in. Step up Punk.
Just live every day like it's your last day and be the best person that you can be.
I like to play table tennis spend time with my kids.
I'm running my mouth a lot and I'm looking for a guy to shut me up. If you don't shut me up I'm going to keep running my mouth.
I would lie in bed and I was nine years old and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
I don't have to wait for nobody I move when I wanna move.
To be honest with you I normally beat guys with my C game and I don't have to pull my A or B game out.
Ive never shown my weakness I will never show my weakness.
Everybody is blessed with a certain talent you have to know what your talent is maximize it and push it to the limit.
I know how I could beat myself: by not being disciplined by slacking by not dedicating myself to my craft by not working hard by not listening by thinking I know it all - short like that.
I'm not scared of any opponent. I fight who I want to fight.
When people see what I have now they have no idea of where I came from and how I didn't have anything growing up.
I didn't watch one tape on Pacquiao. There is no reason to study him. He's not at this level.
I want to be able to separate the average from the good and from the great. I want to separate the ordinary from the extraordinary.
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.
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.
...cook him up with some barbecued dog...cook that yellow chump. I'll make that mother f**ker make me a sushi roll and cook me some rice.
My skills are still my skills.