George Groves Quotes

I'm trying to be the best in the world and get that pound-for-pound spot and I'm trying to get paid.

In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.

As a sophomore, I wanted to play varsity in three sports. And I accomplished that. It was a great feat that year, and something I held special. I wanted to bring a championship team to Oceanside High School, and it happened. It was a great year that I will never forget.

My Olympic voyage has continued because it is so rewarding.

I'm pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they are picked for the Olympic or the Paralympic Games.

I never felt like I had made it.

Being named to the Olympic team has special meaning to it because I feel like I've come full circle.

I always want to do things in my career that would make people proud.

I love what I do. I want to continue winning medals.

I thought if I could play 10 years in the league, it would be a great career more than I could ever hope for in my wildest dreams.

Kostya Tszyu was the best payday of my career to that point, even though I thought it should have been better.

Becoming world champion is something I have worked at for my entire career. It doesn't matter to me that my first title shot is at a different weight. The opportunity is at super-middleweight and I am going to take it. But that doesn't mean I am forever going to be restricted to the super-middleweight division. I've still got a lot of work to do, a lot of unfinished business at middleweight.

I take a lot of pride in my first '92 gold medal.

I want to be the first boxer to generate a billion dollars.

I definitely know a lot of guys that played in the league that came from the Bronx, but not a lot of them are a franchise all-time leading scorer. It's special, and I take pride in that.

Too many times I see kids come up to me, especially at the high school age, and say, 'Man, it would be cool to play in the NFL just because of the money.' And I'm like, 'Oh my goodness, you are missing everything, because money is not going to make you happy.'

Nowadays, it's not more about the sport; it's about the business. All the boxers became businessmen, not boxers. They look just to get the money, not the glory.

My career before I was main event I was always trying to steal the show and I feel I have a style that can be endearing to the boxing public. It's a style that allows me to box how I want to box.

I dreamed of becoming a world champion, I dreamed of becoming France's champion.

It's a dream come true to be part of an NHL team, to be a regular in the NHL, to live the life, to make the money and do all that stuff.

If I look at my career financially, I think it's one of the best careers any fighter's had.

The more medals I win, the more my ambitions and confidence levels increase.

It's always been a goal of mine to get the belt in different weight classes.

To this day I can brag to anyone who will listen that I had a catch in the Rose Bowl.

I look at guys like - guys like Floyd Mayweather making $42 million dollars for a pay-per-view - what am I doing differently from what this guy's doing?