In Colorado Springs there's nothing to do but look at the mountains and box.
Adrien Broner
I will never let another man disrespect me. I don't care if we sparring or fighting.
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.
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.
I come from Cincinnati.
Nobody can beat me.
I always wanted to be a world champion, all my life. At 13, I told my mom I would be a world champion.
I've always been an underdog.
Nobody works harder than me.
At the end of the day, great champions can take a good loss and great champions can take a good win, just like they take a loss.
I am trying to be better than anybody who ever laced up a pair of boxing gloves, and I think that pretty much sums up everything.
I'm a man at the end of the day.
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.
I know how to work.
The sky is the limit for me, but in boxing you have to take it one fight at a time.
I look up to Floyd Mayweather, but I don't try to be like Floyd Mayweather. He's done great things, he's a role model. But those who say I try to be Floyd can go kick rocks.
Power is nothing if you can't connect.
Boxing is all hard work. I don't care what level you're on.
I feel like everything's got to be neat and everything's got to be right before I put on my performance, so I brush my hair.
It's a huge deal to have the chance to be a four-division world champion at 26 years old.
Every time I fought at home, I gave my fans a knockout. I spoiled my fan base in Cincinnati.
There are a lot of great fighters in this sport, but they just don't bring what I bring to the table.
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.
Every fight for me is fun.
No matter if I'm in the ring or on the streets this is going to be Adrien Broner, so you either like it or love it. And if you like it or love it doesn't matter, I'm still going to be Adrien Broner.
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.
I train like I never had nothing 'cause I ain't never had nothing.
I'm a man at the end of the day and I come from the streets, the trenches, I came from nothing, water and cornflakes.
People will always have their opinions on how hard you trained, especially when they only see you on fight night.
Boxing is boxing and business is business.
It means a lot to know I play a big part in boxing.
I'm a real animal. I'm an animal.
Maidana has to make me respect his power and his boxing skills.
I can take over boxing with a win over Pacquiao.
What a lot of people don't understand is, you can't really do nothing for power - you're either born with it or you aren't.
God puts you through things - steps in life - and you get over them.
Anything is tough when you have a lot of things coming your way.
Boxing is a lonely sport.
Just because I get in trouble or into a situation outside of boxing, don't let that make your statement on my boxing.
I think a lot of the media and reporters, they let what I get into and my outside life interfere with my boxing life, and they let that cross, and that should never cross.
I'm really not worrying about jumping weight classes. For me, the weight is not a problem.
I'm thankful God really slowed me down and showed me, whatever he had gave to me, he can take it away.
When it comes to boxing, I'm a four-time champion in four different weight classes. I did it at the age of 26. You can't down talk that.
I'm taking over boxing.
At the end of the day I'm still a four-time world champion at four different weight classes and I'll still be in the history books.
I've been through so much in this game. I've been up. I've been down. It's the way I grew.
There's times when you're by yourself and you want your girl around or your kids around. You just need somebody around. And other times, boxing makes you feel like you want to be by yourself. You get emotional. That's why after some wins, I cry. Even in my losses, I cry. Because I know how hard I work, and I always want to be victorious.
I want to be the first boxer to generate a billion dollars.
I just learn from other people's mistakes.
You have people that know they have the talent, but sometimes they get scared when success is in their face.
