Nonito Donaire quotes:

The motivation is in my heart to work toward my goals and my dreams.

I liked Roy Jones, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ali... those were the guys I was looking at growing up.

I was always scared in the amateurs, but the minute I got in the ring it was like another person took over. I become more vicious. In there I love to hurt people. Outside I can't hurt a bug.

Usually, sprinting is my main source of energy and recovery time because that's how I move.

As long as I have that support from my team, and I have that confidence in myself that I train really hard, I think there's no one out there who can defeat me in my weight class.

Criticism is good, you learn from it each time and you know that people are paying attention.

If you try your best, you can always be better.

I'm not into being competitive. I never saw myself as a competitive type of person.

All I know is that I'm proud to be Filipino.

Always push beyond what you can do.

With me, boxing's a beautiful sport.

I'll bring a flower out there and then give them a peace sign and hopefully they'll make it happen.

Being a world champion is something I'm already proud of and can take for the rest of my life.

As a boxer, you have to put risk in to get to another level.

He's a smart guy, but I think I'm a genius.

He's going for the home run, I'm going for the grand slam. If he gets a lot of strikeouts, I'm getting a shutout. I just have that positivity, that mentality that I can conquer whatever he gives out.

As much as I have respect for him, this is for the crowd. The crowd didn't deserve what happened tonight.

Even the other kids who people made fun of made fun of me. Thats where I stood on the school food chain.

Growing up, I kind of adopted that mentality, going all out, being a warrior.

I love my wife.

People call me a nerd because I like to spend time on the computer.

My Internet friends who I play games with say, 'This guy's a fighter?' I'm the last person they expect to be a fighter.

Growing up as an amateur, I wasn't much of a power puncher. I was more of a speed guy.

A lot of guys just punch with their arms; they don't utilize every part of their muscles they can use. I know how to use that, and that's where the power comes in.

Confident fighters are dangerous fighters. I know that. But there other fighters who said before a fight they were stronger than me, hit harder, were going to knock me out. Walters is a good champion but really how many quality fights has he been in compared to where I have been in my career? We both have speed, we both have power. It's an explosive fight. This is going to end in a knockout. I will go into the ring and do my best.

Everything in our family was always boxing. It was the life my father chose for me.

For punches I never really choose, I take whatever opportunity is given to me. If it's a left, I'll take it. If it's a right I'll take it.

He said it's an honor to fight me, well I say that it's an honor to fight him as well.

He's such a great kid and such a determined kid, and he's so strong.

I believe that he's a boring fighter.

I enjoy singing, I enjoy music as much as I enjoy photography, doing filming and stuff like that. I do a lot of things to express who I am.

I have a lot of respect for Mexico.

I just wanna live the moment and just take every moment and embrace it because life is short.

I lived my life where I didn't have anything. I lived my life where people picked on me. Now that I am in a different light, I appreciate every moment of it.

I need to take a punch in order for me to throw that hook.

I seek to fight the best out there. I seek to fight the champions in every division I go up to.

I wanted to bring that old school mentality of "Fight Me!, Fight me!"

I was 11 when I started boxing. My brother was fighting before I did, and he got me into it.

I was always into cartoons and animation.

I was one of those kids that was always picked on but, one thing I gotta say it that no matter how bad your life gets, there's always a bright light out there and you gotta find it.

I was taught to fighter like Sugar Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali when I was growing up.

If he wants to box we'll box. If he wants to brawl we'll brawl.

If there's a best, I want to fight them.

I'll help out in ways to inspire others and ways to get people together and bring about things to help people financially.

I'm training everyday, even though I should be resting.

In school I was pretty fast.

Moving up and fighting the best keeps me hungry.

My father and I, we finally saw each other eye to eye and I think he's seeing me as a man, and I'm seeing him as the father he's always been.

My style is like Bruce Lee, I'm like water. It's everything from defensive, to counters, to offense.

Not only did I win the fight, but I won something that's more than a fight could ever give me and that is gaining back a family.

Seeing the Mexican fighters, it gave me, physically and mentally, ready for an all our war.

The best feeling is to win by knockout.

We put our body and minds and lives on the line for being in that ring for the fans, that's why I respect fighters. Unless they don't respect me then I can't give any respect back.

Whatever happens, I train hard for the fans and their support.

When you do your best, there is no impossibility.

You can't look good everytime, even if you try to no matter what.