Nonito Donaire Quotes

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Moving up and fighting the best keeps me hungry.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

The best feeling is to win by knockout.

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

I was always into cartoons and animation.

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

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

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.

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

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

In school I was pretty fast.

When you do your best, there is no impossibility.

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

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

With me, boxing's a beautiful sport.

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

I believe that he's a boring fighter.

Always push beyond what you can do.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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