July 5th, 2010 / 1:36 pm
Craft Notes

Floyd Mayweather on Writing

“I’m a gorilla, I’m a dog. I’m a dog, I’m a gorilla. I talk the most shit.”

“I’d blow him out the water like my fists was torpedoes.”

“I’m not in this sport to see how hard I can get hit or to see how many big punches I can take. I am in this game to fight as long as I can. I am trying to dish a lot of punishment.”

“You have to realize that most of these guys get in there and fight on heart. I fight with smarts. There is no fighter that is smarter than me. Most of these fighters are ABC, 1-2-3. I am like.. 4-5-6 levels above them, that’s why I’m able to beat them.”

“I’m running my mouth a lot and I’m looking for a guy to shut me up. If you don’t shut me up I’m going to keep running my mouth.”

“To be honest with you, I normally beat guys with my C game and I don’t have to pull my A or B game out”

“There can’t be two good guys; I chose to be the bad guy — fuck it.”

“I see everything: I box, box, box. They try and get close and I tie ‘em up, lean on them. I take ‘em to deep waters and I drown ‘em. It’s just my experience I’m not bragging or boasting, it’s just my experience….”

“I will say that I’m just appreciative of everything I’ve got but as far as boxing goes, if I wasn’t trash-talking or I wasn’t flashy or flamboyant I wouldn’t be the biggest guy in the sport of boxing.”

“Most people that got an opinion about boxing… you’ve got to realize that most of the commentators on HBO knows nothing about boxing. The only one that knows something about boxing is Lennox Lewis. The rest of the commentators on HBO knows nothing about boxing.”

“I don’t care about nothing. I don’t care about shutting anybody up. I don’t care about shutting anybody up. I’m happy with myself. I’m happy with my career and I’m happy with my family. My daughter is getting an award today. She’s like the number one kid at her school.”

“I’m a harsh critic of myself, so no matter how I go, I always say to myself I could have done better.”

“I don’t know. I don’t even rate myself. Like I said before, I don’t even watch boxing. All I do is go out there and just do my job. I go do my job.”

[Thanks to Shane Jones.]

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25 Comments

  1. Daniel Romo

      The Rock was way better.

  2. Sam pink

      pacquiao would crush him.

  3. Guest

      The Rock was way better.

  4. scott mcclanahan

      Pacquiao is the real deal.

  5. Sam pink

      pacquiao would crush him.

  6. Adam
  7. Muzzy

      Thank you, Blake, for posting a picture of a bare-chested man. I hope this starts a trend.

  8. scott mcclanahan

      Pacquiao is the real deal.

  9. mark leidner

      i like how his pointing style subtly challenges conventions of bilateral symmetry

  10. Guest
  11. thad

      “There can’t be two good guys; I chose to be the bad guy — fuck it.”

  12. Muzzy

      Thank you, Blake, for posting a picture of a bare-chested man. I hope this starts a trend.

  13. mark leidner

      i like how his pointing style subtly challenges conventions of bilateral symmetry

  14. thad

      “There can’t be two good guys; I chose to be the bad guy — fuck it.”

  15. bambi a.

      ‘Floyd Mayweather’ seems like such an ill-fitting name for him.

  16. rk

      Most of these are old Hemingway quotes. Papa would beat the shit out of this guy.

  17. john carney

      i pray every day he destroys pbf. it’s the one thing i ask G-d for.

  18. bambi a.

      ‘Floyd Mayweather’ seems like such an ill-fitting name for him.

  19. rk

      Most of these are old Hemingway quotes. Papa would beat the shit out of this guy.

  20. john carney

      i pray every day he destroys pbf. it’s the one thing i ask G-d for.

  21. Matthew Simmons

      httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwNt7wv_RN8

      Why come back?

      To steal more money.

  22. marshall
  23. Matthew Simmons

      httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwNt7wv_RN8

      Why come back?

      To steal more money.

  24. Guest
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