40 Quotes by Freddie Roach

He fights with his heart and emotion. People say you should change him and settle him down. But this is what makes him exciting and you can't take it away from him.

He looked very good. The jab was really a key punch and it set everything up for him.

He used his jab very effectively and so forth. We didn't expect him to do as well as he did. And he backed Manny up when he put Manny on the ropes where he didn't need to be.

He used his jab very effectively and so forth.

Keep working that body and it's going to pay off. No single punches. He can't handle combinations.

(Marco Antonio) Barrera had beaten Morales, and Manny had beaten Barrera, and I just think Manny took him lightly, believing he was on the downside. But we miscalculated. We won't do that this time. Morales will still have the reach and height advantage, but Manny will have speed going for him. And he knows he has to win this fight.

I thought it was something I could go to the sideline and shake it off.

Manny's Filipino audience loves to watch him, but I wanted it to be more private so we could better work on going to the body and the other things we need to work on. Velazquez is somebody we definitely can't take lightly. Everybody's talking about Morales and the rematch, but there won't be a rematch without winning this fight. We've been working on a little bit of everything to make Manny more of a complete fighter.

Manny relied too much on connecting with that left hand of his (Pacquiao). He wanted a homerun.