I thank God for blessing me with the tools that he blessed me with to be where I am.
Terence Crawford
I'd take bits and pieces from a fighter, if I liked what they did, and I'd put it in my arsenal. I never wanted to fight like or be like any other fighter. I wanted a style that was unique for me.
It takes two people to fight, and it takes two companies to sit down and figure it out and decide what network we're going to fight on, where we're going to fight, what the purses are going to be.
I just have to focus on what I can do and keep making a living and keeping my name up there as the best pound-for-pound fighter.
As soon as I put on gloves, I knew. I felt heart and determination. It's in you, not on you. I just loved to fight and I knew that it was going to take me where I needed to go. I never had any doubt.
I never had the opportunity to run up and hug my mom and tell her 'I love you,' and she tells me she loves me and hugs me back. I would want her to come to my fights and support me, but it never would happen.
You've got to remember where you come from.
I pride myself on being unique in my own right. I wanted to be myself.
God blessed me with the talent I've been blessed with.
Who's on my radar? I don't have a radar. I always look at myself as a top athlete. They come after me. I don't go after them because I'm where they want to be.
I was 4'11'' in the 9th grade. I was a little guy... I think I had that little man complex.
I want the biggest fights possible. If guys don't want to fight me, then I can't get them. But it's not on me.
I feel confident matching up with anybody.
I want to talk about how great of a father I am. How I never miss any of my kids' wrestling tournaments or big events like birthdays or holidays. I'm always there for anything to do with my kids.
I'm so Omaha that I wear 'OMAHA' on my trunks.
I always have the ability to believe in myself when nobody else does.
I have a lot of family members and friends that depend on me.
I completely put all my time and effort into my kids and once I stepped foot in the ring, that's who I fight for. And that's who I work extra hard for when I'm tired, to feed my family and to make sure that they are going to be alright after boxing.
I felt like I've accomplished a lot in the boxing world that a lot of people don't give me credit for. But it's life. I don't trip over it.
When I do nice things for people it just feels so natural. I have a big heart.
I feel like I get better every fight.
I feel like I'm a great fighter and have been proving it over and over again, running through all types of fighters, and I've passed every test with flying colors.
Andre Ward, he's one of my favorite fighters.
I don't even want to fight Pacquiao now because Pacquiao fought Jessie Vargas, Chris Algieri, Jeff Horn... They were talking that Terence Crawford wasn't a worthy enough name for Pacquiao. Why are those guys worthy when a fight with me and him would've been bigger than any of those?
I had to fight those type of fights which were high risk, low reward and at the start, I never could get the fights I really wanted.
I don't ever think about, 'Aw, man, my legacy. My legacy this.' No, I just want to fight the best fights out there to fight just to prove to the world that I'm the best fighter in the world.
I'm a fighter. I'm not a promoter and I'm not a manager so I leave that up to my manager and my promoter and I just fight.
I done got hit with a belt, a toy, a stick, extension cord, a switch off a tree, whatever. At the same time, my pain tolerance went up... It came to the point where it built toughness... Yeah, it hurt, but I wasn't scared. I knew what was coming. Wasn't nothing I wasn't prepared for.
No question Pacquiao is someone I would like to fight. But if it's not in front of me, then I am really not worried about it.
I'm the best fighter in the division and I'm always willing to prove it.
When you start boxing when you're 7 years old, that's your dream, to become world champion, and after that you want to become something bigger than world champion.
You think we got it bad in Omaha, or in any city in the United States, and then you go to a different country and you see how bad they got it. You give those people a balloon and they'll cherish it like you gave them a chunk of gold.
I was never the person to try and be the centre of attention or to talk a lot. I was always the person who, if you say something, I'd just punch you in your face. For real.
At the end of the day, when all the fighting stops and when everybody stops shouting your name, you've still got to be yourself and I feel I am.
I just want to leave a mark on the sport of boxing so people talk about me like they talk about the other great champions before me. That's my goal before I retire.
I used to stay getting in fights.
I always knew I could fight.
I can box, I can bang, I can switch, I can punch, I'm not slow.
Amir Khan is a great fighter, I have a lot of respect for him.
I just want people to respect me for my talent, the skills I have and my willingness to face anybody.
My goal is to get all these fighters that everybody say I'm running from inside the ring with me.
This is boxing, everybody fights everybody.
Where I come from we believe in an eye for an eye. That's what we do. That's just the way it is.
As a kid, my temper was on Cloud 10. Anything you say, I would just jump on you, you know?
I just stick to what I know, boxing.
Viktor Postol is a great champion and he was dodged for a reason, but I ain't the type to duck and dodge anyone.
I am a fighter and I will fight anybody.
This is not a sport for me - I live boxing. I've been boxing since I was seven years old.
I don't want to keep talking about my upbringing because people always resort to the past and what happened when I was younger.
I showed that I can fight without boxing, that I can take a punch.
