Demetrius Andrade Quotes

Demetrius Andrade

Profession : Boxer

Birth : February 26, 1988

I am the best out here.

Demetrius Andrade

Sulecki was a tough guy. He wasn't taking no for an answer. He came to fight, though, and I did what I had to do, and that's look pretty. Tall, black, handsome.

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Everybody wants something until they have a chance to really get it.

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Some people know me, some people don't. Who would know Steve Jobs if he walked down the street?

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Who doesn't want to be undisputed champion of the world?

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If Canelo wants to unify the division, he can fight me.

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If someone wants to come and say hi and respect the work that I've done, I'm happy to meet them.

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When I first started boxing, I said that I'd fight in The Olympics, become world champion, and retire undefeated.

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I put my career and my life on the line every time I step in the ring.

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Tony Harrison is definitely not Demetrius Andrade. Yes, he's probably a prospect and doing good things but everybody sounds good, everybody's a prospect until you get in there with somebody that knows how to fight.

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Listen, man, everybody has their own journey, obstacles, and some people get built through promotional companies to be a star, but really haven't fought the best guys out there. And then you have guys that really earned their spot and that happens to be me.

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If they don't want to do it, that's their loss. If U.S. TV don't want to cover me, I can't beat myself up.

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I'm the best out here, I'm pound-for-pound.

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You put anyone with me, they're getting a run for their money. I'm willing to show and prove it and fight whoever.

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I played a little football but it was nothing like boxing. One on one. Me vs. you. You win, you win. I lose, I lose. It was for me to build the character inside to be like, how do I get better at this without relying on anybody else?

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You can't just sweep me under the rug like I won't come back stronger and better.

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I'm not going to do anything out my way to try to get somebody to watch me because I want to act a buffoon. I want to build a character that I want my kids to look up to. It's OK to be the bad guy when it's time to be the bad guy, but to live and be the bad guy all day, every day? It's like, 'No, come on, man, you're making us look bad.'

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At the end of the day, there's a line full of people that want to fight Canelo and there's champions that maybe fought better opposition than me, but the reason why is because these people didn't want to fight me.

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I'm kind of tired of chasing people, calling out everybody because I always do that. All I can do right now is be the guy to beat everybody else, so there's no more people that they can go and try to run and make fights and situations happen for them that we're allowing.

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My name ain't Liam Smith, my name ain't Rocky Fielding, my name ain't Amir Khan, James Kirkland - it's Demetrius Andrade and it ain't no easy walk in the park.

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