Andy Ruiz Jr. Quotes

Andy Ruiz Jr.

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 11, 1989

First I tried karate but I didn't like it because it was boring. There was no action like you see in the movies.

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I'd love to be at 250, 255, but just be fit and be solid.

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Everyone has a plan until they get hit.

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Whaddya know? I'm the first Mexican heavyweight champion of the world.

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Mom, I love you. I love you, and our lives are gonna change. We don't have to struggle no more.

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It took a long time, and a lot of years, for me to get comfortable with myself, like the way I am now.

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Boxing gave me the discipline and took me away from the streets and away from the corners. It changed my life, you know. Boxing dragging me away from all the bad potential I had.

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At my first amateur fight, I was seven years old. My dad took me to go fight San Diego.

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I was this big, heavy kid - nobody was at my weight at that age, so I had to fight 12-year-olds, 13-year-olds when I was seven years old. And what do you know, I was beating them.

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I had been through a big roller-coaster through my whole career.

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When I fought Joseph Parker it was for the WBO world title and they robbed my fight.

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You can train so hard and eat bad stuff and you're training for no reason.

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I've been an underdog my whole life with the shape that I have and the way that I look. But once I get in the ring it's a whole different ball game.

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I love The Rock.

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My dreams have come true.

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With my Mom and Dad, we always had everything that we needed, but not everything that we wanted. I am going to get my parents what they want, especially my Mom.

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I just have to do what I have to do, and just let my hands go and focus.

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My dad put me in boxing because I was this hyperactive kid always breaking stuff.

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My dad's been giving me Snickers since I was six years old. Since I first turned amateur, my dad's been giving it to me.

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A lot of people underestimated me, and I'm used to that.

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