Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Quotes

You know, as a young child, I lay in my bedroom and I swore to myself then: 'I'm not going to smoke and I'm not going to drink.' And I said I'm not going to just say that when I'm a kid. I'm going to stick to that as an adult. I kept that in mind my whole life.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 24, 1977

Topics

LifeMyselfChildMindYouSmoke

Every third person in the world is a drama queen. And crying 'victim,' especially when you're not really a victim in any real way, feels good. It feels good to cry victim if you're not one.

John McWhorter

GoodQueenWorldYouPersonDrama

My mother's favorite photograph was one of herself at twenty-four years old, unbearably beautiful, utterly glamorous, in a black-straw cartwheel hat, dark-red lipstick, and a smart black suit, her notepad on a cocktail table. I know nothing about that woman.

Amy Bloom

MotherBeautifulWomanSmartHat

Without sounding patronizing, it does seem that our family is different from other people. We risk more.

Tosca Musk

FamilyPeopleRiskMoreWithoutOur

We went around and looked and talked to a lot of foundations with those charities and decided upon the Children's Hospital. They had a golf tournament at the time, but it was a small event that didn't raise a significant amount of money.

Tom Kite

ChildrenTimeMoneySmallGolf

Reading a script is usually as exciting as reading a boilerplate legal document, so when you read one that makes you feel as if you're seeing the movie, you know it's something different.

Tom Hanks

ReadingLegalFeelYouSeeingKnow

I always like spoken word records.

Ry Cooder

AlwaysRecordsLikeWordSpoken

Enjoying life for me is just normal.

Mohamed Al-Fayed

LifeMeNormalJustEnjoying Life

I wasn't a kid who won every tournament I was playing, and I think that helped me - it motivated me a lot to know what it felt like not to win.

Denis Shapovalov

MeWinThinkKnowKidPlaying

Many years, I would publish four books - an anthology, a book of criticism, a new book of poems, a book of essays.

Donald Hall

BookCriticismNewYearsWouldFour

I tell the person I won't take a picture or sign the autograph, but I will shake their hand. That kind of personal touch is all they're really seeking.

Chevy Chase

PicturePersonKindPersonalHand

Small moments can coexist with big moments and even back right up against each other.

Colin Trevorrow

SmallMomentsBackRightUpBig

I've never put Northern Ireland into a novel because it's not my territory. I come from the South, so my imaginative territory is very much the Republic of Ireland rather than the North. Even though, if I wrote a novel about the North, it might sell more.

Colm Toibin

MoreNeverRepublicSellComeEven

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