Floyd Mayweather Jr. Quotes

My message to fans... I'm running clean.

I have never had a single positive doping test, and I do not take performance-enhancing drugs.

I will continue to express the fact I am for a drug-free sport and always will be.

I'm for a drug-free sport and always will be.

Let me make this clear: I think USADA has moved my sport forward in certain ways that I couldn't have imagined.

I've done whatever it takes to prove I am a clean athlete.

The things that I rely on, USADA doesn't have a problem with them. I'm gonna continue to be the same athlete that I've always been.

I could sit down and give USADA my opinions on it, but I want to say they've done a great job. Guys like me are shining because of USADA.

It's important that the Olympics are motivating to young people and inspiring to all, and the only way to do that is to ensure clean performances, free of cheating.

Bisping is a clean athlete, and it comes down to whether you're clean or not. I'm totally against the use of drugs and steroids in the UFC and any performance enhancing drugs. Shows a lot about someone's mental state if they have to do that.

USADA is wonderful, I think they're doing a remarkable job, and they do a remarkable job all around the world.

I have never doped. I can say it again, but I've said it for seven years.

I have never doped … I have competed as an endurance athlete for 25 years with no spike in performance, passed more than 500 drug tests and never failed one.

I had grown used to getting a pat on the back and being told after a good result: 'Well done, David - you should be happy, you're the first clean rider.

Twenty-plus-year career, 500 drug controls worldwide, in and out of competition. Never a failed test. I rest my case.

I had no interest in steroids. I didn't need them, and I didn't want them. I never wanted them. From the get-go, I've frequently mouthed off about their negative impact on the game.

Going back to the '70s and '80s I was one of the athletes who believed in true sport. I never took medical supplements, believed in diet and exercising. I always represent clean athletes.

Obviously, I believe in clean sport and want to do all that I can, but at the same time, you can only control yourself.

I want to give big kudos to USADA. Can it be better? Yeah.

Seems like everybody wants to know if an athlete is on drugs, so you got to stay clear of wild people.

Countries like Jamaica do not have a random program, so they can go months without being tested. I'm not saying anyone is on anything, but everyone needs to be on a level playing field.

The sad thing about doping is how much it obscures our appreciation of greatness.

I don't know what else I can say. I have never taken steroids. For people who think I took steroids intentionally, I'm never going to convince them. But I hope the voters judge my career fairly and don't look at one mistake.

If you're taking performance-enhancing drugs and you get caught, in my mind, you should be banned for life.

What we've seen this season is that if something that will enhance performance is available, some players will indulge... unless the penalty is an absolute deterrent.