Freddie Roach famous quotes

Most champions get satisfied and lazy or are content with themselves.
-- Freddie Roach

#Champion #Lazy

It means the most when your team always supports you.
-- Freddie Roach

#Team #Mean #Support You

I know when I first started working with Manny that he was something special. But eight world titles? No one could have expected that.
-- Freddie Roach

#Eight #Special #Titles

Mayweather likes to say he is better than Sugar Ray Robinson, but I think it is more important for him to keep the zero on his record than it is to fight Manny. We hope the opportunity comes for a fight with Mayweather, but Manny is going to continue to fight, even if it means moving up in weight to go after nine titles.
-- Freddie Roach

#Zero #Moving #Mean

In Cuba we use our champions to promote the sport.

Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.

Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.

If I wasn't a champion, I'd still be in jail. That makes me try very hard.

We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors

Behind every champion is a team that prepared him to become that champion.

I'm not going to say that I'm the best, we respect our champions. Floyd's been doing this a lot longer than me, he's been a lot of mega fights and I won't dare say that I'm better than Floyd Mayweather.

There have been great champions in every generation.

There're so many things I want to do, like become more media savvy. I am too lazy. But I'm making an effort.

Steven Spielberg seems to have wanted to be a director from 13. He put his dog in a certain position and made him eat at four o'clock. He liked to direct it. But, to me, directing is tedious. Especially if you're acting in it. And I'm inherently lazy.