Top 111 Floyd Quotes

I think Floyd got pressured by the press and I think that he knows the first fight was close so he’s giving me the rematch. And I have to take full advantage.

I’d like to be a cross between Bruce Parry and Keith Floyd. Someone with a sense of adventure who truly loves food.

I was always a Pink Floyd fan, and I was always into movie soundtracks.

I’ve never been a huge Zeppelin fan, much to the chagrin of everybody else in my former band. But certainly those Pink Floyd records, I was really into them, especially ‘Dark Side of the Moon.’

Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded.

I look at guys like – guys like Floyd Mayweather making $42 million dollars for a pay-per-view – what am I doing differently from what this guy’s doing?

I listen to a lot of Pink Floyd, the Doors, Elton John, Sabbath, Metallica, GN’R, Megadeth – just classic rock, classic metal stuff.

It drove me mad not being able to know more about Pink Floyd when I was a little kid. But that’s the great thing – there was this mystery behind it, and we couldn’t find out enough. It made your mind work, it made you seek after it or try to interpret it. It made you envision or imagine what they were doing.

Despite the adversity that George Floyd endured, he was full of life and love for his family, friends, and loved ones. It was in honor of his life that millions took to the streets in struggle for a world where George Floyd would never have been taken from us.

I think my deepness came from Pink Floyd. And Jimi Hendrix was my idol. I always wanted to be like him.

Range control is a big part of Floyd Mayweather’s arsenal.

I think boxing is on the rise because of what Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor did. I think they captured the time and made boxing cool again.

The night of Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao. I woke up that morning with a very, very bad case of laryngitis and couldn’t speak at all. I had no voice. And I was able, just by having chicken soup and barley and salt water, to have just enough for that one fight.

Well, I am David Gilmour, the voice and guitar of Pink Floyd. I have been since I was 21.

I was 14, and I fell in love with Pink Floyd.

I started off liking uptight music and then discovered Pink Floyd and Hendrix.

I wouldn’t say Floyd Mayweather Jr is running scared of Amir Khan. Floyd doesn’t need to run from anybody. Look at the names he has beaten during his career and it is an impressive list.

Floyd Mayweather, he’s a safe fighter. He is who he is. He’s not going to take any risks.

I like Aruna Sairam and Pink Floyd.

Of course, we would love to fight Floyd.

I’d really like to do ‘Floyd Collins.’ I love Adam Guettel.

I fought on the undercard of a show headlined by Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather Jr. There was almost no one in the arena then. But when Hatton and Mayweather came out, every seat was filled. There had to be 16,000 or 17,000 people in there. The place was going crazy.

When they said, ‘Why is Floyd Mayweather not fighting Manny Pacquiao?’ it was because Manny Pacquiao had a boss. I don’t have a boss.

The expectation on me as a solo artist is very different to the audience’s expectation of a Pink Floyd show.

I’ve always employed a melodic style with my leads, placing strong emphasis on infusing romantic sensibilities into what I’m trying to say. Those big, epic melodies come from influences like Pink Floyd, Journey, Marillion… bands that have these guitar parts that are just soaring!

When I get 13 or 14 years old, I get crazy with rock music, like, like, deeply crazy. And one of my favorite bands at that moment was, for example, like – bands like Metallica or Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd and Santana, you know? And then I start to play metal, actually, when I was – at the age of 15.

The Weezer ‘Blue’ Album is a classic. I think My Morning Jacket’s ‘Circuital’ is a great album to have. Any Led Zeppelin album. Pink Floyd ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ or ‘Animals.’ I always catch myself at concerts being like, ‘Oh, I just stared at the drummer for 15 straight minutes.’ I study them.

I’ve earned some decent money, and bragging rights, and boxed on a Floyd Mayweather undercard in Vegas… but it’s a fraction of what I set out to do.

I don’t want to be a full-time member of Pink Floyd all my life.

There’s never been such a devastating incident as what had happened in America with George Floyd passing away. That’s one of the biggest things that I’ve seen in the world, but things have happened in the past and after a month or two it’s just business as normal.

I got my influences from ’70s bands – Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, blah blah blah. When I was growing up, we had all these crazy bands on the Top 40. Today, if Pink Floyd released ‘Money,’ it wouldn’t even get played.

When I was young, a gatefold album by ‘Pink Floyd’ or ‘Led Zeppelin’ was something to get excited about, something you longed for.

I really enjoy Lana Del Rey, and Pink Floyd are amazing.

Immediately after the Floyd experience, I became a pop record producer.

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao was one of the worst boxing matches I’ve ever seen, but millions of people watched it because of the personalities involved.

We all think we’ve got one more boxing match in us, and that, probably, will be the downfall of Floyd Mayweather, George Foreman, Manny Pacquiao. We’ll overstay our welcome.

Looking out the window and seeing the MGM and Floyd Mayweather takes me back to when I was a kid. Those were the places you’d hear about, the ones that staged big fights and top fighters. You always want to one day fight there yourself.

I love Keith Floyd – I think he inspired people to cook.

I’m surprised I got the rematch, since Floyd has only done it one other time in his career.

I have trained on and off with Floyd and his father for many years now and I’ve learned a lot. His work ethic is second to none and it’s great being around him and the ‘Money Team.’

I watched Floyd growing up and I never thought I’d be able to meet Floyd. I’ve been on some of his undercards and I’ve watched his skills, watched his demeanor. Floyd is one of the best fighters to ever step in the boxing ring.

I look out there, and I see that Floyd Mayweather stands head and shoulders above everyone else. He’s another fighter I would like to base myself on because he’s got incredible fast hands and feet. He’s flashy but, man, is he good.

Well, I love Pink Floyd, so I wouldn’t be offended by it. I only intentionally robbed them three or four times.

Nothing will ever bring back George Floyd, or any of the thousands of others we have lost to racist police violence.

To make harmonics scream, I first dump my Floyd Rose real quick, hit a harmonic with my left hand while the string is still flapping, and then use the bar to pull it up to the pitch I wanna hit.

One of my first records that I heard was ‘Wish You Were Here’ by Pink Floyd.

A guy like Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather is used to fighting 12-rounders. Put them into the ring for three rounds against a top amateur boxer at a much faster pace, and they’ll lose a fight, and how bad is that going to make them look?

I thought after that fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, if this was supposed to be fight of the decade, then people must be missing me a lot more.

Whether it’s Marcos Maidana, Shawn Porter, Amir Khan or Kell Brook, there are a lot of fights out there that I think would be very interesting for me, my career and the sport of boxing outside of Floyd Mayweather.

I don’t know, when I was a kid, when I would see shows that changed my life, I would go to see shows where there was my mother taking us to see classic rock concerts, like Zeppelin, or when I saw Pink Floyd or when I saw, you know, when I was a little older, and I saw Nine Inch Nails, and I saw The Cure.

Floyd can say whatever he wants about me. He knows that I gave him the toughest fight of his life.

I grew up listening to classic rock – the Kinks, Genesis, The Who, Pink Floyd.

I pray for those we have lost but more personally for those who have lost – the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and so many before you. I know how it feels to get that call that someone you love isn’t coming home.

Jose Mourinho is the Floyd Mayweather Jr of football management. You either love him or hate him.

You look at boxing being an international, world-famous sport, right up there next with soccer, and there’s only two fighters the people want to see fight. Two little fellows, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.

A descendant of enslaved people, George Floyd was born with generational trauma in his DNA and denied the generational wealth that belonged to his family.

I am the person who is going to take over boxing after Floyd Mayweather.

I like to think we’re like a cross between Pink Floyd and Slayer.

In the end, my children put me on to Pink Floyd when they were teenagers.

Oddly enough, I almost never listen to show tunes. But there are some shows I love, like Adam Guettel’s ‘Floyd Collins.’