Keith Thurman quotes:

All I ever wanted was to be like Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Roberto Duran, Tommy Hearns, Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard. Back in the day American people knew who they were and I want them to now know Keith 'One Time' Thurman.

I look up to Bernard Hopkins as a fighter. I'm honored to be his co-main event and to be able to give a great performance.

It was my dream as a kid was to make history.

I only want to fight real champions; I want to fight real opponents, so that I can climb the latter.

When a 140 pounder that moves up fights a 140 pounder moved up and they move up it's a catch weight.

Anyone that steps into the ring with me is facing a real welterweight.

I tell people all the time, nobody wants to be hit. You have to trick a man, to hit a man.

I'm in love with boxing. It fell into my lap and I have been in love with it ever since.

There are certain fighters that if they want to remain relevant they will have to get through me.

There's a lot of great fights to make.

When I say I'm a true welterweight I'm talking about every fighter that has ever moved into the welterweight division.

Zaveck is a tough guy. He has never been knocked down and I love putting people to sleep. Knowing that he has never been knocked down is a true test for me

I'm confident that I can steal rounds by getting inside and throwing punches.