Al Haymon, one thing I can say about him, is he is a very honest guy. Very honest. He don't sell dreams, he makes dreams come true. And that's what he did for me.
— Adrien Broner
I want to do things that no one has ever done inside the ring and outside the ring as a boxer and further my career in the entertainment business after I'm done with boxing.
I come from Cincinnati.
I'm a four-time world champion, so I don't want to hear anything about my losses.
You can't overlook anybody in this sport.
To come to somebody's hometown and beat them on a split decision, that's saying something.
At six years old, I told my dad that I would be world champion, and on Nov. 26, 2011, I am.
You gotta have some flash. Being a nice guy is cool and all, but to really make it in this game, you bring that extra quality.
Nobody can beat me.
All my life I've been a show-off. Ever since first grade I was a clown, and even then I tried to entertain everyone.
Every fight for me is fun.
I love Danny Garcia.
I've always been an underdog.
Maidana is one-dimensional and not in my league. I'm a Ferrari and he's a go-kart, and my fans will see that.
It means a lot to know I play a big part in boxing.
Boxing is all hard work. I don't care what level you're on.
Listen, you can't just come in to boxing and be a world champion. You've got to be born with it.
I want everybody to love me because I want to love back.
What am I gonna do to be successful and provide for my family? I was like, I want to play basketball, I love basketball, but I'm too short. I'm not gonna cooperate in school... Boxing. I always found boxing, it always came back to boxing, boxing, boxing. Boxing, this is it, this is gonna be the thing gonna take me over the the top.
Looking back at all of my defeats, the only real punishment that I've taken in this sport was against Maidana. I got a fractured jaw.
Jessie Vargas is not as good as those guys I lost to.
I'm a competitor.
I don't try to knock out people.
Every time I fought at home, I gave my fans a knockout. I spoiled my fan base in Cincinnati.
I came from nothing and I have a chance to do something that happens once in a lifetime. There are only a couple people who can wake up and say that they're a world champion, a multimillionaire, and a successful superstar.
Anything is tough when you have a lot of things coming your way.
I always wanted to be a world champion, all my life. At 13, I told my mom I would be a world champion.
I'm a fighter.
You can sometimes get the big head and overlook things.
I can take over boxing with a win over Pacquiao.
Maidana has to make me respect his power and his boxing skills.
A lot of fighters have repetitive workouts.
I really don't look at it as a real sport because anybody can come into MMA and learn that. You can learn that.
I don't want the world to dislike me in any way.
When you match my body size with my talent and my work ethic and my IQ as a boxer inside that ring, I really have it all, and I'm flexible enough to really jump up to any weight - '40, '47 or '54, for the right opponent.
School really didn't work for me.
I hope I get credit when I beat Jessie Vargas. I hope I get the credit I deserve. People want me to lose and go away, but guess what? I worked harder than ever for this fight. I'm not losing to Jessie Vargas.
The sky is the limit for me, but in boxing you have to take it one fight at a time.
God doesn't make mistakes.
Adrian Granados is a world-class fighter. A lot of guys duck him, but I wanted to fight him because that's what I'm about.
My first world title fight, it surprisingly came so fast, but we knew it would come sooner or later.
Nobody works harder than me.
It's a huge deal to have the chance to be a four-division world champion at 26 years old.
In the gym, we're always training hard, but when the fight comes, that's when it's fun. It's like a celebration. You go up there and celebrate what you've been working on.
Boxing is boxing and business is business.
In Colorado Springs there's nothing to do but look at the mountains and box.
There are a lot of great fighters in this sport, but they just don't bring what I bring to the table.
I am the person who is going to take over boxing after Floyd Mayweather.
People will always have their opinions on how hard you trained, especially when they only see you on fight night.
I'm really not too big on MMA.
