Top 118 Quotes & Sayings by Keith Thurman - Page 2

I'm proud to be champion and I always want to be champion.

There are beautiful things about the sport of boxing and there are ugly things.

I want to show fans what I do best, which is hurt people in the ring and create knockouts. And at the end of the day, that's what fans want to see.

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.

I'm here to entertain the world of boxing.

I've loved boxing due to the history of boxing. It was one of the great American pastimes.

I have power, but focus on the overall athletic event - the technique you have to execute before acquiring the knockout. You have to play the game before you hit a home run, right?

I'm trying to create a career for myself, but not just any career, I'm trying to create a legacy.

Boxing is a sport, but it's also a business.

Whether it's Marcos Maidana, Shawn Porter, Amir Khan or Kell Brook, there are a lot of fights out there that I think would be very interesting for me, my career and the sport of boxing outside of Floyd Mayweather.

The life of the sport is to participate for the fans, to hear the uproar, to hear the cheers.

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.

Everybody in the welterweight division is shooting for that Mayweather sweepstakes.

As a fighter I hold a certain level of pride and can only deal so much with the politics.

I don't think about losing or worry about losing. I'm not afraid to let it go and I don't care if you beat me. If you do, that means you were the better man, but only elite fighters can beat me. There can't be shame in losing because you are up against great competition and there's always that chance.

I like to carry some nerves with me for each fight.

You cannot forget who Keith Thurman is.

The most interesting thing about creating a knockout is sometimes you feel absolutely nothing. As soon as impact connects to their chin everything goes limp and their muscles aren't fighting back so you're punch is able to go all the way through.

I'm here to dominate the welterweight division.

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.

Robert Guerrero was a tremendous warrior.

A lot of opinions just really don't get to me. If anything, some of them were humorous and my favorite, you know - I'm Keith 'One Time' Thurman. I'm Keith 'Run Time' Thurman, Keith 'Sometime' Thurman, Keith 'Once Upon a Time' Thurman. That was pretty amusing.

I just love achieving my goals. I'm a goal seeker.

I'm one of the baddest men in the world of boxing.

I'm an exciting fighter and I always live up to the hype, unlike some other fighters who disappoint.

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.

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.

I think Ben Getty would have been a tremendous fan of Canelo Alvarez.

I enjoy talking trash.

I'm 'One Time' for a reason.

You can never hit someone to the body and cause them to go unconscious. To be hit in the body is an unconscious experience that one has to endure. Signals of pain shoot instantly from you liver to your brain telling you how uncomfortable it is to be in that situation. Then it's up to you to find out if you can stand up or not.

Manny Pacquiao's just not a technical guy. He's a world class fighter and that's what always makes him one of the fan's favorites.

I don't need Mayweather, but it is an entertaining fight for the American public.

Shawn Porter is a terrific fighter and he's a great friend of mine. He's a devastating boxer-puncher like myself.

A lot of people knew at the national tournaments that I was a big puncher. We were known as 'Samson,' the boy with the long hair.

Well, I've shown the art of counter-punching throughout my career.

I've worked really hard to hurt people in my life so I admire people who heal people.

I remember just watching how hard my mom worked. She made sure we had food on the table and that we got gifts. Every time I got a new pair of shoes I felt so grateful, man.

In the midst of having great fights, sometimes you have good fights and sometimes you just have a fight.

I'm a hobbiest. There's a lot of hobbies that I have. But I've never devoted anything that I've devoted my time and effort to the sport of boxing. It consumes who I am as a person and as a fighter.

When I say I'm a true welterweight I'm talking about every fighter that has ever moved into the welterweight division.

So far the biggest accomplishment I give myself is getting the silver in the Olympic Trials. Even though it's kind of a defeat. Not too many people make it that far. I do see it as an accomplishment and one of my greatest.

Zaveck is a tough guy. He has never been knocked down and I love putting people to sleep. Knowing that he has never been knocked down is a true test for me

I'm confident that I can steal rounds by getting inside and throwing punches.

I look up to Bernard Hopkins as a fighter. I'm honored to be his co-main event and to be able to give a great performance.

There are certain fighters that if they want to remain relevant they will have to get through me.

It was my dream as a kid was to make history.

When it comes to boxing I find a way to clear my mind. When it comes to boxing you have to fight. Clear your mind and fight. You can't really think of outside things when you're in the ring.

My boxing inspiration is to one day become world champion, to go as far as I can go and see where it takes me.

I only want to fight real champions; I want to fight real opponents, so that I can climb the latter.

All I ever wanted was to be like Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Roberto Duran, Tommy Hearns, Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard. Back in the day American people knew who they were and I want them to now know Keith 'One Time' Thurman.

I tell people all the time, nobody wants to be hit. You have to trick a man, to hit a man.

What I try to do is find a weakness in my opponent. A way that I can hit you. One good, clean shot. Try to time it. If I can get it and the shot is there, if I find that shot in the first round and they go down, they go down. I'm prepared for anything, not just to get first round knockouts. If they're there, I'm not gonna resist to take them.

Anyone that steps into the ring with me is facing a real welterweight.

When a 140 pounder that moves up fights a 140 pounder moved up and they move up it's a catch weight.

Mike Tyson has to be one of my greatest all time fighters. Muhammad Ali. I like going back looking at the classics like Roberto Duran. I like the old time fighters, when you had a champion in the old days you really had a true champion. Muhammad Ali would take on anybody. You had the greats fighting everybody.

There's a lot of great fights to make.

I'm in love with boxing. It fell into my lap and I have been in love with it ever since.