Liam Smith Quotes

Cinco de Mayo is an important day. The Mexicans had to defend themselves from the French. It is historically significant, but it is not Mexican Independence Day.

Maharashtrians in America have a Maharashtra mandal every year. You know when they celebrate it? On July 4, the American Independence Day. That's respect for local culture.

It doesn't matter if I'm a rival of Anderson Silva's or not; I'm also very objective. And I'm not going to take something from a guy that he earned. Anderson Silva earned the right to be called the greatest of all time. And those are just the facts.

My end goal is not to break the record for cashing in the most. I want to be treated fair and what I feel is fair, but that's not my sole purpose; that's not my purpose.

I just want to be treated fairly for my performance.

I just want to be treated for what I'm worth. That's fair to say, right?

I'm here at Madison Square Garden as world champion and have a world champion's mentality, the pressures on to defend my belt - this is what champions do.

Asian Americans are the same as African American, Hispanic Americans, anyone: we deserve to be respected, too.

I'm interested in any light-middleweight. If they've got a belt, even if they think they're the hardest in the division, I can beat all of them.

I wish everyone could just be free.

As human beings, we're powerfully swayed by how much we feel we're being respected. People comply with agreements if they feel they've been treated fairly and lash out if they don't.

I'm just trying to be fair with everybody and also with myself.

It's never been Badou Jack or James DeGale that I want to fight, it's the World title that I want; it doesn't matter to me who it is.

In the end, I think everyone should be treated fairly.

If you don't have respect for immigrants, or you don't have respect for minorities, or you don't have respect for women, it's gonna be very difficult for you to understand why the other side needs to be treated fairly.

I want to be the first champion of the 125-pound division.

We want to be treated as professionals and like the male footballers.

I do not respect Trump supporters, but I believe in being fair to them.

I want Keith Thurman. He has two of the belts, and we both have big names. It's an easy fight to make, and I want it.

I want everyone to work to be equal!

It's good, sound business to treat all the teachers fairly, and I think it's a good story to tell.

I'd like to think my brand shares some of those characteristics we like to think of as classically American - a certain straightforwardness, honesty, a sense of humor, inclusiveness, practicality - all those great Yankee traits. And I don't mean the baseball team.

I make a lot of money, but I need to be treated right.

It is our responsibility to stand up for equality, fairness, and civil rights.

I get treated like everyone else, and that's the way it should be.