Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Andy Ruiz Jr. - Page 2

A lot of people say I'm not Mexican because I don't speak a lot of Spanish or am there a lot, but the United States is where it's at. Mexico's in my blood, in my DNA. It's in my kids' DNA.

I was a bad kid. I was a bad and good kid in and out of the boxing gym.

I respect Muhammad Ali... he was the greatest, he was the best.

You pick your destiny or maybe destiny picks you. But it picked me to box, definitely.

When I got knocked down, I got back up.

Being from a small farmers' town, going back and forth to Mexico, hours waiting in the line to cross back home and training for hours, that's why I represent Mexicali because it means a lot to me.

In China, they treated me really well, they like me a lot. The first few times they laughed when I took my shirt off, but when they saw me throw my punches and saw my opponent on the floor, they came over to my side and clapped.

My dad put me in boxing because I was this hyperactive kid always breaking stuff.

I'm not scared of Joseph Parker or any other fighter.

Unfortunately, when you're learning on the job, things can go wrong.

I've been in many street fights. I fought street fights for my friends to protect them.

At the end of the day it's our business to promote the fight however possible.

My dad's been giving me Snickers since I was six years old. Since I first turned amateur, my dad's been giving it to me.

My dreams have come true.

I'm ready for Anthony Joshua. Hopefully he's overlooking me, thinking I'll be a piece of cake. It's a whole different ballgame when they're in the ring with me. Once they see the speed and accuracy I have, I know I will shock him a lot.

Dreams are dreams and reality is reality. We have to make the dreams happen.

If I win, it sends out a powerful message about the strength of Mexican people.

Ever since I won the world title I've been getting so much love from my people, from a lot of different people. But I know the hunger remains there because I don't want to let my people down or my kids down.

I love The Rock.

I just have to do what I have to do, and just let my hands go and focus.

I still respect Anthony Joshua and I'm a big fan of what he did in boxing.

People who say I'm not focused, they're crazy.

I'm going to accomplish my dreams.

I'd love to fight Wilder. They say everyone is scared of him, I'm not scared of nobody.

A lot of people underestimated me, and I'm used to that.

Just because I bought some jewelry and things I've always wished for and always wanted, it doesn't mean I'm not focused. It doesn't mean that I'm not hungry anymore.

It's hard to criticise a fighter when you're not in the ring doing what we do.

It irritates me when Trump says what he does.

All fighters put their lives on the line.

I'm willing to die in the ring.

A lot of fighters underestimate me. And what do you know? They end up being on the canvas.

I have two friends, who have died from this boxing game, and it scares me, but I feel I was made for this.

I'm scared of things that I can't see that can hurt me, you know.

I was fighting men at age 10.

People that I fight, they can tell you that I'm different and I'm hard to get to.

With my Mom and Dad, we always had everything that we needed, but not everything that we wanted. I am going to get my parents what they want, especially my Mom.

I never look past an opponent that I have.

I want to show that it doesn't matter what people say about you or how you don't fit.

Boxing saved my life. There were a lot of gangs and I was hanging around with the wrong people.