Shawn Porter Quotes

Shawn Porter

Profession : Boxer

Birth : October 27, 1987

I've been boxing since I was 4 years old.

Shawn Porter

God gives everyone gifts. You have to figure out what your gift is and use it to honor Him.

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There are so many things that go on. I think you have to have the heart and the will and the drive to continue to do what you have to do no matter what.

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Welterweights have what heavyweights have but they also have what flyweights have. We have speed and power. We have what it takes to keep a certain tempo but also deliver the hard shots that the heavyweights have.

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I'm the kind of person with a short-term memory. I like to let things go, to let them get back to normal.

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Someday, I think I'll make a pretty good dad.

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The only thing that I know is, 'Who's the target, who's the best? Go get him.'

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As I've gotten older and people are saying, 'Well, you just fight everybody, why do you do that?' I'm like, 'This is what boxing is. This is what you're supposed to do, right?'

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I don't consider my fights as auditions, I consider them performances.

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I don't go out there and give it my all with expectations of getting something bigger and better, but with the expectations of making that fight the biggest and best fight that I've had, and then going from there.

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I tell people all the time I don't make predictions.

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I'm going to force Danny Garcia to fight me, to be uncomfortable and to do things he's not used to doing in a fight.

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That's how you beat a great fighter, intelligently.

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When you are in the ring with me, you know what I am going to bring, and you really got to get yourself going for that.

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I'm aggressive.

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This is a dangerous sport because if you aren't ready, it will all show up in the ring.

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Honestly, if you just compare myself to Danny Garcia, I'm the better fighter.

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I'm always going to be a problem for whoever is standing across from me.

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I'm steadily improving. That was my number one thing in the Danny Garcia fight. You saw such a huge improvement from that fight to others in the past.

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I'm not a champion by accident.

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