Keith Thurman Quotes

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Keith Thurman

Profession : Boxer

Birth : November 23, 1988

I'm an imperfect person. I've let anger, jealousy, all the emotions, get the best of me. If I go into books, word by word, little by little, they help re-center and re-ground me and put me on the right path. Life is a journey. I'm very focused on the things I do and have learned not to be pressured.

Keith Thurman

Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity - I admire wise men. Some of my favorite forms of history are religious history, what the sages say from the top of the mountain and how they view life.

Keith Thurman

My dad was a kind of Kimbo Slice-type street fighter. He'd go out in the backyards up and down the Gulf Coast and duke it out. They'd wrap T-shirts around their hands for gloves, and take bets. He was a tremendous body puncher. One shot was usually all it took, so they called him 'One Time.'

Keith Thurman

To beat a lion, you have to have the heart of a lion.

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A lot of fighters have skills, they have talent. The one thing that you can't train is a strong mind.

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There's no real rush to answer the questions you face. To apply the best intellectual answer, you should clear your mind, stay calm, assess the question as well as you can to be comfortable, and then respond.

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I happen to be a Sagittarius. That means we pull back the bow, we aim and fire at our target, and we aim to hit our target.

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Losing to a Hall of Famer, a legend, Manny Pacquiao, it is what it is. It was a great fight and the fans loved it. I lost a title but I gained respect with how I fought that night.

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I was rebellious, I was a dreamer, and I didn't know it at a young age, but I've always been an entrepreneur and I was going to pursue boxing and hope that boxing opens up doors that allows me to live out my life as an entrepreneur. And luckily for me, I've had great success, and I believe that I will have a life after boxing as well.

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I try to give people good things to talk about.

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Sometimes it's good to not have money because it does make you work a little harder.

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I'm somewhat of a go-to guy. I'm reliable. You can trust me.

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I guess maybe there is two sides of me - the nice guy and then the beast within.

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I've always known what I wanted for myself. I was 10 years old when I said nobody is going to be the boss of me. And I shocked a lot of people with that statement. I mean, I can barely listen to my own mother - how am I going to have a boss, you know?

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I'm not afraid to lose. I'm here for the competition. I'm here to make greatness.

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To promote a fight with Adrien Broner would obviously be an exciting trash-talking event and one that I believe would enjoy.

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I gave my Prius to my sister and bought myself another Prius.

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The best part about fighting in New York is the New York fight fans, man - Vegas does not compare to the New York fight fans.

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I would love to be the undisputed welterweight champion of the world - that's always been the big dream - but outside of that, it really just makes me happy whenever somebody approaches me and they say, 'You are truly one of my favorite fighters in the sport of boxing today.'

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I'm different, that's all. Everyone is different in their own ways - but I'm maybe a little bit more different in a little bit more different kind of way.

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