64 Quotes by Gennady Golovkin

My brothers first brought me to boxing. I dedicate the fights to them and my father and fight for my family.

When I was a young boy, those 'Rocky' movies were my favorite, especially the wild and exciting endings. I loved those films; they inspired me to want to become a fighter.

I am not Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., and Canelo is no Danny Jacobs.

The older kids, if they wanted something from you, whether it was cash or sports equipment, they would just take it. My older brothers used to say, 'If someone tries to take something from you, never give it to them.' So we fought all the time.

I like real people. I don't like fakes.

Boxing is a business.

For me, it's very hard to train too much, just sparring, sparring, sparring. It's boring.

I remember seeing Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson, and the old films of Sugar Ray Robinson.

I never went into the mine. But I saw my father and other men coming out, day after day, their faces and bodies covered in soot. It looked very hard and dangerous.