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Portrait of Mikey Garcia

Mikey Garcia

100 quotes in 279 categories

This set of 100 Mikey Garcia quotes captures his take on the sport, preparation, and personal resolve. Each line offers a direct look at the mental edge he brings to the ring.

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[Wikipedia] Miguel Angel Garcia Cortez, best known as Mikey Garcia, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2021. He held multiple world championships in four weight classes from featherweight to light welterweight, and challenged once for the IBF welterweight title.

Quotes by Mikey Garcia

I'll take any lightweight.

Any

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I never had a dream to be a boxer.

Boxer

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I'm available to fight anybody.

Anybody

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I've had a stellar career.

Career

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Pay-per-view is bit of a gamble.

Bit

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I'm small for 140.

Small

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I don't take easy fights.

Easy

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Why take the pay-per-view gamble? I don't need to do that.

Gamble

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I will become a five-division champion.

Become

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Errol Spence is a fighter. He wants to hurt you.

Fighter

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There's always doubters, that's part of the game.

Always

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To cement your name, you've got to go after the biggest fights.

Biggest

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One loss is not the end of my career.

Career

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I'm never out there looking for the KO. If it's there, I'll take it.

Looking

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I really believe in myself. That's why I keep challenging myself.

Believe

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It's not OK for somebody to push a fighter into a corner and strong-arm him to accept whatever the promoter wants.

Accept

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I like to wear cowboy gear once in a while. Whenever the occasion comes. In the ring, we used to wear a…

Cowboy

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I don't have a number set that I'm chasing, but I do believe I'll be a champion at 140, and again at 147.

Again

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I'm here to let everyone know I'm taking bigger fights and I'm not afraid on taking the bigger challenges.

Afraid

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My performances are getting people's attention, that's what I'm looking for.

Attention

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I trust my brother and my dad. They know my capabilities and my skills. If they tell me to do something, they…

Best

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No other fighter's doing what I'm doing, no other fighter is daring to do what I'm doing.

Daring

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I want to add to my legacy because, in the end, that's going to be the most valuable for my career.

Career

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It came like a natural thing for me, and I liked it. That's how my amateur career started. But again, no interest…

Again

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I will never forget seeing my parents coming home from the strawberry fields, looking through their bags to see if they had…

Coming home

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When I walk into the arena, I get excited and emotional, when I see the fans rise and start cheering. But then…

Business

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I've been able to not only be a fighter, but a thinking fighter, where I can use my insight into the business…

Business

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Robert Easter Jr. is a tough fighter who I have to take very seriously and I do, and that's why we did…

Diet

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My dad had a third-grade education in Mexico. Third grade. My mom had a fifth-grade education. They were raised in a poor…

Education

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I've always said I have very good timing. It is underestimated when you are outside the ring but once you get inside…

Ahead

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It's your career. Why should you let someone else be in control of what you do? You're the one taking all the…

Career

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At one time, when I was first starting, when I was first champion, I wanted to be undisputed champion so I could…

Boxing

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Boxing is for the poor man. A lot of people don't know what's going on, but I've been able to see it…

Awareness

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As the fighter, you're the one getting in the ring, you're the one risking injuries, you're the one risking your life -…

Day

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I have a blue 2010 Dodge Challenger SRT, the first car I ever bought. I didn't want it to just be a…

Blue

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I can do a lot of things that other fighters can't.

Fighters

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I know that at the end of my career I'll get the credit I deserve.

Career

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I make the fight look easy and people haven't seen the best.

Best

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You don't win a fight by the size and the weight.

Fight

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I want to make sure I give the fans my best while I'm in my prime.

Best

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