Mikey Garcia Quotes

Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment.

I haven't just got a fight IQ - and I'm clever. I've got that power. I've got that movement. I've got that timing.

Fighting Manny Pacquiao is like playing a very fast game of chess. He was very fast and sharp. You have to be alert at all times and on your toes. There was a lot of incoming.

I keep my eyes clear and I hit 'em where they ain't.

A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end.

I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in there and also understand that for every punch that you or your opponent throws there's always a counter shot or two which you have to be ready to fire or defend.

The trick is to be there when it's settled.

Things can be fast paced in the ring but I was very particular in knowing to be in the right time at the right place.

I still think about the time when I was fighting for my first real big fight against [Marco Antonio] Barrera back in 2002. I know he can come in thinking that he has nothing to lose, and that's why I have to be aware of that.Always be prepared.

I'm here and I'm ready. They're not. Bring it.

Well, of course a boxing match is hard because boxing isn't set for you to do good. You have to force your will upon someone, but dancing you don't have to force your will. It should be a lot easier because if I make a mistake I don't get hit.

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.

Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.

The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.

You must never underestimate your opposition.

Fighting is dancing. Look at a great boxing match, and it's a dancing.

You take that walk from the dressing room to the ring and that's when the real man comes out. Then you climb up those four stairs and into the ring. Then finally, you can't wait for the bell to ring.

Quickness is the essence of the war.

When that bell rang, I wanted to go out there and do my thing.

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.

I get a kick out of watching a team defense me. A player moves two steps in one direction and I hit it two steps the other way. It goes right by his glove and I laugh.

It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment.

Honey, I just forgot to duck

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but to those who see it coming and jump aside.

You have to identify your shot and be 'Push your luck' ready for it.