Canelo Alvarez Quotes

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.

Boxing is not about your feelings. It's about performance.

Canelo's going to have his moments. I'm not saying he's not. But I'm going to have my moments. It will come down to who can finish off their moments and finish the fight the best.

There isn't a featherweight who can beat me.

They call it the rope-a-dope. Well, I'm the dope. Ali just laid on the rope and I, like a dope, kept punching until I got tired. But he was probably the most smart fighter I've ever gotten into the ring with.

Boxing combines, in perfect proportion, strength, speed, and endurance. Normally, most sports are either about one of the three: either about speed or endurance or strength. Boxing combines all three of them. It's really intense.

Being a brakeman is very physical, and success is mostly determined by how fast you can push a sled for about 30 meters.

Jacobs was a very good fighter and gave me good learning experience going 12 rounds.

I think I'm one of the fastest and strongest lightweights out there.

The only thing I'm good at is boxing.

Kyle Walker thinks he's quicker than me. In games, it's different: you run different distances, players are in different positions, so I don't know. But one day, we will see!

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.

If I train hard and have a great training camp, and I'm as prepared as I can be, I can take any heavyweight in the world.

Badou Jack is a great fighter, but there is a lot that he does that I do better. I have enough power to take him out.

Wrestling encompasses hard work, dedication, sacrifice, and determination - there's just nothing like it in any sport.

Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties of mind and body that mark the man of nerve.

I always expect unexpected challenges. Boxing is not an easy sport.

Wrestling is a team sport, and an individual sport all rolled into one.

I trained myself to perform on the field.

Football develops, it becomes quicker, players develop as athletes.

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.

I came from Long Island, so I had a lot of experience at the stick. I played in junior high school, then I played in high school. The technical aspect of the game was my forte. I had all that experience, then I had strength and I was in good condition.

Again, racing for me was about energy management.

I will become the greatest, because all travellers have to be able to adapt. That quality, adaptability, is essential to that way of life. Not many boxers have it but I can adapt before a fight to the opponent, during the fight if necessary.

I was never big or fast, but I got to play football and box.