Top 55 Danny Garcia Quotes

When I was a little kid I was embarrassed to tell people I had six toes, and I still do have six toes.

I’m going to be one of the best fighters coming out of Philadelphia and one of the best Latino fighters who’s ever done it.

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.

I’ve seen a lot of the great fighters, so I’ve always been a fan of the Puerto Rican fighters and I’m happy to be one myself.

I always go for the knockout.

I’ve never ducked no one.

I have the Puerto Rico power and the Philadelphia toughness and Philadelphia skills.

The shoulder roll was created in Philly. I’ve been fighting people that roll their shoulders since I was a little kid.

I love big fights, the atmosphere, love the people who don’t want me to win. It brings out the dog in me.

I never call anyone out.

It’s an exciting feeling going to Puerto Rico. To go back where my dad was born, my bloodline, it means a lot to me to reach out to my fans in Puerto Rico.

My dad is my best friend, not just my dad. We hardly ever bump heads, but when we do, we just work it out.

I can’t worry about nobody else. I’ve got to be Danny Garcia and win my fights and everything else will fall into place.

I wanted to box when I was 7, but I couldn’t because in Philadelphia you need to be 10 to get insurance. So me and my dad waited 3 years until I could sign up, and I’ve been fighting since then.

I love it here in Puerto Rico. I love the weather and the beautiful people. Everything about the culture is like where I grew up in Philadelphia.

They say that being humble leaves you out of the record books. I want to be in the record books.

I think there’s a lack of respect for me out there, from the promoters, boxing people. It’s something I’ve faced ever since I put on gloves. I don’t understand it. I know my father doesn’t.

I’m a father now. I got to man up and be the best father I can be, which means I have to fight smarter. I can’t take a lot of unnecessary punishment. I got to protect my future, and my child’s future.

Families stick together.

People were fighting to try to train me. They saw a pot of gold, and they wanted to fight for it. But they seem too hungry. So I said if my father ain’t training me, I ain’t going to fight.

I really don’t know how the matchmaking goes; that’s not what I do.

When you’re fortunate, your job is to give back and change someone else’s life.

I will take anyone at 147.

I know how the game works. You want to fight who you want to fight. And it never happens.

I want to be a three different weight-class champion.

People are acting like Keith Thurman has a cape like Superman and can fly.

Manny Pacquiao, Errol Spence or anybody who wants to fight me, I’m here. Let’s get it on.

I’m just a fighter that comes to fight with a big heart. I come to give the fans what they want.

I don’t want to be one of those fighters that say I could’ve been this, I could’ve been that.

Garcia name is going to be remembered in the boxing game for a long time.

Everyone has gone through hard times. Everyone has gone through times where they need extra help.

A boxing gym is not supposed to look like a hotel or a condo. It is supposed to be rugged.

A lot of boxers try to make it entertaining by fighting with their mouth.

I am a Puerto Rican. I could have been born on the moon, but I’m still Puerto Rican.

I don’t think it’s fair that you can say I’m not a Puerto Rican fighter because I wasn’t born in Puerto Rico, when my blood is Puerto Rican.

I want to be the best fighter in the sport.

A win is a win.

I just want to keep the Puerto Rican tradition of champions alive.

I’ve been an Eagles fan since I was a little kid.

I’d go around Philadelphia and everybody still loved me. Until the Eagles won, I was the only champ they had.

My job is to fight whoever they put in front of me.

I just want to go down as one of the best Puerto Rican and best Latin fighters ever.

You know boxing is all about entertainment.

I don’t care what people think, what people say.

Everyone knows I can fight, that’s not hard for me.

I don’t think about the money when I’m training.

We don’t fight for free.

I give blood, sweat and tears inside the ring and I’m never going to stop working.

My dad is the way he is. He likes to talk. It’s really a perfect team, because I’m not really a trash-talk kind of person. I can if I want, but I feel like I don’t have to because I know I can fight.

Every fighter dreams of a big payday. That’s my dream.

I’ve fought a lot of guys with power. It takes more than power to win a fight.

My whole career has been based on pressure. When I don’t have it, it feels weird sometimes.

Somebody might try to steal your backpack, somebody might throw bread at you in the lunchroom. I was the kind of kid that if you did that, I wanted to fight.

It’s amazing to be a Puerto Rican fighter; we have a great history of fighters.

I always support Philly.