40 Quotes by Oscar Hoya

Lose this fight and you'll be fighting on ESPN on Friday nights.

One of the things that bothers me most, ... is that very few people really understand what it means to be a fighter. I hate it when I hear someone say, 'That fighter doesn't have guts.' I hate that; it really ticks me off. I don't care if you're a world champion six times over or a four-round fighter who just got knocked out in thirty seconds of your first professional fight. To step inside that ring, you have to have guts.

Mosley can turn it up and he can turn it down. He knows how to do that. It's a big factor. And people are going to be surprised how strong a fighter Mosley is.

I was seventeen when my mother passed away, ... I was heartbroken. Nothing mattered to me anymore. I thought seriously about not finishing high school, even of dropping out of boxing. Not one day passes that I don't think about my mother. And to be honest, there are still times when it's a lonely world without her. But I feel that I was blessed to have her in my life, and I believe she's still looking out for me.

I would have loved to have met Elvis Presley, ... He was the King. It's very interesting to me; the way he grew up, the demons he battled, how he handled the pressure and how, after a while, it became a burden he couldn't carry.

Whatever comes next for me, as far as boxing is concerned, I have no regrets. I would never change what I've accomplished and the history I've made.

He's a breath of fresh air for the sport of boxing, and we need that.

He caught me right on the button. Believe me, I tried getting up but I couldn't. I have what it takes, but he hit me right on the button.

I think I proved my point. I think that winning the title at 154-pounds and knocking him out in the eleventh round, I think at this point in my career I really can't afford to give rematches to anyone I already knocked out.