Top 45 Keith Thurman Quotes

Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity – I admire wise men. Some of my favorite forms of history are religious history, what the sages say from the top of the mountain and how they view life.

I’m one of the baddest men in the world of boxing.

I mean, Terence Crawford and Errol Spence… that’s a great fight. But Keith Thurman vs. Errol Spence and Keith Thurman vs. ‘Bud’ Crawford, I think those are better fights.

I try to give people good things to talk about.

Once you fill yourself with love, then you will have love to give to the rest of the world. This is my philosophy.

I’ve worked really hard to hurt people in my life so I admire people who heal people.

I never fit into any box, even in my boxing style, and when you try to put a label on me it’s like I have to disprove the label. I’m weird like that.

Well, I’ve shown the art of counter-punching throughout my career.

I’m here to entertain the world of boxing.

Failure does not scare me.

The life of the sport is to participate for the fans, to hear the uproar, to hear the cheers.

That’s what I’m trying to manifest, greatness within myself, no matter who they put in the ring.

It’s the undisputed title I want.

Manny Pacquiao’s just not a technical guy. He’s a world class fighter and that’s what always makes him one of the fan’s favorites.

I guess maybe there is two sides of me – the nice guy and then the beast within.

There’s a time and a place for everything. There’s a time to sleep, wake up, there’s a time to be graceful, and there’s a time to be aggressive.

A lot of people knew at the national tournaments that I was a big puncher. We were known as ‘Samson,’ the boy with the long hair.

I would love to be the undisputed welterweight champion of the world – that’s always been the big dream – but outside of that, it really just makes me happy whenever somebody approaches me and they say, ‘You are truly one of my favorite fighters in the sport of boxing today.’

It’s natural for some people to just be natural.

There’s no real rush to answer the questions you face. To apply the best intellectual answer, you should clear your mind, stay calm, assess the question as well as you can to be comfortable, and then respond.

I’m somewhat of a go-to guy. I’m reliable. You can trust me.

I believe God, too, has a sense of humor.

I want to do some stuff in America, see things here. Maybe rent a driver and an RV. I want to see the redwoods. Bucket list. Something that’s been there forever, one of the wonders of the world.

I don’t think about losing or worry about losing. I’m not afraid to let it go and I don’t care if you beat me. If you do, that means you were the better man, but only elite fighters can beat me. There can’t be shame in losing because you are up against great competition and there’s always that chance.

At the end of the day, you know, Keith Thurman is just not a 9-to-5 kind of guy.

I’m an exciting fighter and I always live up to the hype, unlike some other fighters who disappoint.

With or without knockouts, every single one of my opponents has always felt my power. I am confident with my power, I know that as soon as I hit them they know that they’re not fighting against the likes of some other opponents they have fought in their past.

I’m proud to be champion and I always want to be champion.

Nobody is trying to avoid Shawn Porter. Look at all the named fighters that fought Shawn Porter, because nobody is avoiding Shawn Porter. Nobody is scared of Shawn Porter. Shawn Porter can beat you. He’s tough, durable and comes to win but nobody’s scared.

I happen to be a Sagittarius. That means we pull back the bow, we aim and fire at our target, and we aim to hit our target.

I tell myself, ‘You’re great, you’re powerful, you’re strong. You’re the greatest, most powerful, strongest fighter in the world.’ I acknowledge my greatness. I bow down before my greatness. I inflate myself like that, and then I pop the balloon in a single sentence by saying: You can be beaten.

I don’t need Mayweather, but it is an entertaining fight for the American public.

I think Ben Getty would have been a tremendous fan of Canelo Alvarez.

Robert Guerrero was a tremendous warrior.

People who know Keith Thurman know I’m one of the most exciting welterweights in the division – I don’t think anything has changed that.

My dad was a kind of Kimbo Slice-type street fighter. He’d go out in the backyards up and down the Gulf Coast and duke it out. They’d wrap T-shirts around their hands for gloves, and take bets. He was a tremendous body puncher. One shot was usually all it took, so they called him ‘One Time.’

To beat a lion, you have to have the heart of a lion.

Ben believed in me when I was a little boy, when no one else was around, so it’s why I wear his name on my trunks every time I step in the ring. I want the world to know they’re watching a Ben Getty fighter.

Losing to a Hall of Famer, a legend, Manny Pacquiao, it is what it is. It was a great fight and the fans loved it. I lost a title but I gained respect with how I fought that night.

I call myself the world’s best faker. It was hard to get piano lessons, it was hard to dedicate myself into reading the music, but it doesn’t stop me from touching the keys.

A lot of fighters have skills, they have talent. The one thing that you can’t train is a strong mind.

A lot of opinions just really don’t get to me. If anything, some of them were humorous and my favorite, you know – I’m Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman. I’m Keith ‘Run Time’ Thurman, Keith ‘Sometime’ Thurman, Keith ‘Once Upon a Time’ Thurman. That was pretty amusing.

I dropped out of high school so I could attend another kind of school, an internship of champions. I dropped out to live my dreams.

I’m here to dominate the welterweight division.

I show up, I make weight. I stay true to the contract.