Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Andy Ruiz Jr.
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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
My mom and dad are from Mexicali, and I feel more Mexican than others who were born in Mexico because I fought for my race and for Mexico.
Mayweather is Mayweather. He's always good. He stays in shape, takes care of himself.
People tell me that I've also changed their lives making history.
Each Mexican has his own dream, and I've come to believe as long as we focus, you can accomplish anything you want.
I'm just a little-big kid with a dream.
People need to understand that I came this far being chubby and all that. Imagine how far I could go actually being in good shape and looking good.
I've got that Mexican blood in me.
My whole life people underrated me.
Everyone has a plan until they get hit.
I'd love to be at 250, 255, but just be fit and be solid.
In my pro and amateur fights I've always mentioned Mexico.
If it wasn't for my dad, I wouldn't be here.
I love all the Imperial Valley, man.
I was six years old when I first went into a gym.
A lot of people saying that I'm not training, that I'm not taking it serious. Come on, I got all these belts. There's a lot of responsibilities to this.
I try to prove everybody wrong and those who underestimate me, that's why I train hard.
I have been dreaming about the heavyweight title it seems since I was born.
First I tried karate but I didn't like it because it was boring. There was no action like you see in the movies.
I feel unfinished business with the WBO title because that was my first loss when I went to New Zealand with Joseph Parker.
I need to remain humble, stay disciplined and keep training. That's how I will continue to be a champion.
Me becoming the first Mexican heavyweight champion of the world, it's a blessing.
I've been an underdog my whole life with the shape that I have and the way that I look. But once I get in the ring it's a whole different ball game.
We all have good days and bad days.
Don't even bring Drake around me!
Mom, I love you. I love you, and our lives are gonna change. We don't have to struggle no more.
I'm confident in all my fights. You have to be. You have to put any negative thoughts aside.
Everyone who thinks I'm not Mexican simply because I was born in the United States is wrong.
If I wanted to fight for the title, I would fight at around 240.
A lot of people have underestimated me and I have been a problem for them inside the ring.
A lot of stuff, all the fast food, the cheap food, the dollar menu - I had to cut all that off.
When I was a boy, my parents would buy me a new toy and I would destroy it. Oh man, I would destroy it. I don't know why I would do such a thing. I was a little rough when I was a little kid.
Anthony Joshua, I'm pretty sure he's underestimating me, man.
My goal is to become the first Mexican heavyweight champion of the world.
The hard-working Mexican tries to get up here looking for opportunities because America's one of the greatest countries in the world.
I wanna be a legend, I wanna be in the world books of records.
When I fought Joseph Parker it was for the WBO world title and they robbed my fight.
I represented Mexico trying to go to the Olympics.
A lot of people can relate to me.
Whaddya know? I'm the first Mexican heavyweight champion of the world.
I've been bullied a few times in school.
I was this big, heavy kid - nobody was at my weight at that age, so I had to fight 12-year-olds, 13-year-olds when I was seven years old. And what do you know, I was beating them.
You can train so hard and eat bad stuff and you're training for no reason.
I had been through a big roller-coaster through my whole career.
It's a natural blessing. Thanks to God. He gave me this ability of being chubby but still being fast and being able to hit hard.
The physique will show in the punches.
Training at altitude took two weeks to get used to.
For me, I'm an American and I'm a Mexican. I live here. And it hurts me the way a lot of people talk about Mexicans when I know we're all about hard work and dedication.
I'm not trying to be with six-pack abs and big muscles and all that. None of that, you know.
It took a long time, and a lot of years, for me to get comfortable with myself, like the way I am now.
My dad would always give me a Snickers before a fight. It gives me energy. It gives me everything I need to get the win.
One of those chubby kids that would do something athletic and everybody would look at me and say, 'What the heck? Did that kid just do that?' That's the kind of chubby kid I was.
Everybody is looking for that chiseled guy. Just because they have a lot of muscles, they think he's the strongest guy out there, this and that. Lucky for me, the skills pay the bills.
Don't underestimate this little fat boy.
That's what we're gonna do, baby, bring the titles back to Mexico.
Boxing gave me the discipline and took me away from the streets and away from the corners. It changed my life, you know. Boxing dragging me away from all the bad potential I had.
It doesn't matter how you look. As long as you train hard, you focus and you're hungry, and that drive is in you to follow your dreams, everything is possible.
As long as you pray and believe in your dreams, anything is possible.
At my first amateur fight, I was seven years old. My dad took me to go fight San Diego.
Tyson Fury, he wants to be relevant. He wants to be in the scene. I like the guy too. I'm a big fan of him. I like how he is. I like his energy.
I don't want to just have 15 minutes of fame. I want it to last.
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