Top 98 Quotes & Sayings by Ryan Garcia

I'm trying to involve the fans and bring in a crowd where not only do they love boxing but they love me as a person.

One of the most important things for me is my family. You know, they keep me grounded, they keep me humble. They always made sacrifices with me.

I want to become a movie director and win an Academy Award. That's what I'm trying to do.

I don't care about losing. How many times did Michael Jordan lose before he won his first championship? It wasn't about the number of losses with Sugar Ray Leonard or Tommy Hearns.

I'm looking to expand my brand everywhere. I want to be worldwide, I want to reach the world.

Adjust to your surroundings, because the world don't wait for you.

I have the following, I have the talent and I have the work ethic. I just want to be great and I feel like everyone is trying to control me.

I want to leave my own legacy and write my own story.

To beat Gervonta? That would be good.

That's all I want - to shock the world. The only way to do it is to do something hard.

I just love challenges.

I'm looking to prove myself and earn that respect in the ring.

I just keep fighting, and keep winning, and my engagement keeps going higher. I don't have to be that much on it, like other influencers. They have to be constantly on their TikTok game. I'll hop on TikTok, shoot a video once in a while, and I'll get 3 million views and gain 500,000 followers and I'm out for like 2 weeks.

For a million-dollar cheque I would punch Jake Paul.

Just like I have all the capabilities to become a big star, Golden Boy has all the tools to get me there.

My mom is the Kris Jenner of boxing.

I'm learning what triggers me. What to stay away from. What I do like and what I don't like. To me, I've learned so much about myself that now I'm a stronger person. But I still deal with anxiety. Anxiety doesn't go away.

In 2020, I want to set a standard where I'm only fighting the best guys.

My self-belief, really is what kept me going, I always believed I could be a great champion, a world champion.

I'm putting everything I have into my boxing career so I get everything out of it I possibly can.

I want to be the best so I am ready to do anything.

That's one of my idols, I really look up to Pacquiao. This guy is everything I would want to be.

I just fight like myself. I'm like a cat - if I see the opening, I'm going to shoot for it. I think what stands out is my accuracy.

I'm originally from Victorville, California, I grew up there. You know, it was a journey, because in Victorville, you know, it's tough out there. It's not like, the easiest place to grow up, so I had just faith in God that if I keep working hard, I could make a way for myself, so my faith in God is something I need, it's essential.

I've been working on my defense and my inside game.

Once I beat Gervonta Davis like I've been calling it, that's going to be like history repeats itself with Sonny Liston and Muhammad Ali.

Canelo is a counterpuncher, a boxer, and that's what I am.

I admire people who have fought for change: Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln. I'm dead serious when I say that - those are my heroes. I also like Ben Affleck.

Boxing is dangerous. Anything can happen, so you need supreme confidence. That's why I represent myself like nobody can beat me, because I need to truly believe it.

You can be a champion and you can be flashy with money and cars but you have a big platform. What are you trying to change?

Whenever you get nervous about anything, start dancing. You'll feel better.

I listen to Frank Sinatra before my fight a lot, and I also listen to Orisha music, so both of those, I need, it's weird. It's a weird combination.

I could have been the next Babe Ruth. No doubt about it.

I paid attention to how Floyd Mayweather adapts.

I just learn from every legend that I've watched. I learned from the best.

I ain't intimidated by Mayweather. Nobody could intimidate me.

People love positivity, and I think that's what I show.

I work on my technique, but when I do a video, I want people to be amazed by the speed or the power. The casual fans don't care if your hands are up or your hands are down.

I've said all along that I was destined for greatness.

I just want better competition the more I step up.

I'm the most underestimated lightweight in the world.

It doesn't matter how much experience Jayson Velez has, whether he fought for a world title or not. I'm going to see how he fights, and I'll know what to do.

If people wanted to fight me in the garage, then bring them on, and I will fight them in the garage.

At the end of the day, you can have all the talent in the world. But if you don't put in the work, nothing works. The engine doesn't start going. It's a car without gas.

Without boxing, there ain't no life. For me, at least.

I have a great jab.

I want to break down barriers in boxing.

I'm not afraid of failure.

I've been boxing since I was 7 years old.

I'm trying to do something more than just be a champion who wins fights.

I want Gervonta. That's my Lomachenko fight - the fight that people don't think I can win.

Canelo's a very disciplined guy, but he's very relaxed in the ring. He taught me that there are ways to relax so you won't get hit with certain punches. He showed me that the more relaxed you are, the easier it is to fight your fight by staying put.

How am I one of the biggest fighters in the world and I get bigger paychecks outside of boxing?

I paid attention how to land a big shot, like Oscar De La Hoya with the left hook.

In 2021, Gervonta and Teofimo are the guys I want.

I want to shock the world, and I'm going to do that through boxing.

Everything takes a vision and I have a very definitive vision of what my future will be like, in the ring and then outside of it.

I'm a true fighter, not an Instagram fighter.

I don't have friends outside of my family.

My family and I grew up watching and admiring Oscar De La Hoya and to now be fighting under his promotional banner is a dream come true.