Jose Aldo Quotes

If a guy isn't in a position to fight for a world title, or if he's not in a place where I can intercept his road to the title, don't offer him to me. I'm not in this to just fight guys for the sake of fighting. I'm not in this to make friends with the people who work in the organization.

I always said as an amateur that I'd want to one day fight and beat Kindelan because he was the best out there.

You decide whether you want to box on, or not. And for me of course, I wasn't going to be leaving the business until becoming a world champion, and defending it numerous times.

It's a big move from the 'Tough Man' circuit to professional boxing. When I turned pro, I had to play catch-up and was fighting almost twice a month until I had more than 20 fights under my belt.

I can take over boxing with a win over Pacquiao.

We use the term 'fight' very lightly - 'I've been fighting so hard to get my car, I've been fighting so hard to get that job, I've been fighting so hard to get that girl.' But the reality is boxers do fight bitterly to get whatever they want or whatever they need in life, and most of them come from nothing, which is the case of Roberto Duran.

My fifth pro fight, I got my first title fight.

I grew up watching the careers of Tyson and Bowe. I always wanted to follow in their footsteps in becoming a world champion. But I've always been my own man.

I don't want my career to peter out fighting meaningless fights; I want to go against the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world.

I will be a complete man, a complete athlete, with a fight with Roy Jones Jr.

I know people say I could be the next big pay-per-view star. They say that about a lot of fighters. To reach that, it takes a lot. Not just fighting skills, but marketing, good promotion.

In boxing you can be the most talented fighter out there but you need people to watch and I'm fortunate that I'm in that situation.

The life of a boxing athlete is short, so I don't have time to waste or time to take tune-up fights or whatever.

I want to get bigger and better fights, where people can recognize me as one of the better fighters in the world.

I grew up in a gym in Miami, the one where Muhammad Ali trained. I had 142 amateur fights and lost three.

I started boxing when I was eight. Me and my brother Rafael started boxing in amateur tournaments when I was 13. My father was an ex-pro boxer.

You know, I think I had a great career; there's not much I think I'd do different other than get a title shot much earlier. I didn't get one till 49 or 50 fights into my career.

I made the decision to turn pro, and I remember what Ali said to me: 'Get Angelo Dundee. He's the right complexion with the right connection.' He knew boxing. Our relationship was so genuine, so sincere.

I turned pro as a 20-year-old, won a world title a year later, and remained a world champion ever since.

I've fought at such a high level I couldn't have people look at me and say, 'well, he's just fought someone to knock them over.'

I want an opportunity to fight the best in the world and make millions of dollars doing it.

If I get the fight against Mayweather, I have no doubt I can go and take it.

When I won the title against Jean Pascal it also won me fight of the year.

I was fighting at 125 pounds when I was 15 years old... then became a champion at 126 pounds at 25 years old.

People ask me about Orlando Salido. My answer is that I fight for Top Rank and will take on who they schedule for me. But I would like to welcome Salido to Lomachenko University in the ring some day.