Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

You hear certain things, negative things, all the time that aren’t true, but you never hear about the positive.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

You know, as a young child, I lay in my bedroom and I swore to myself then: ‘I’m not going to smoke and I’m not going to drink.’ And I said I’m not going to just say that when I’m a kid. I’m going to stick to that as an adult. I kept that in mind my whole life.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

You name him. I beat him.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.