Mayweather vs. Cotto: 20 Best Quotes from Episode 1 of HBO's 24/7

Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto bored many fans with a rather lackluster HBO Face Off. Past segments of the HBO program have exposed deep animosities between fighters.

Mayweather and Cotto simply respect each other too much to spew television-worthy venom...that is, until HBO's award-winning documentary series, 24/7, premiered April 14.

Many notable quotes from both Cotto's and Mayweather's camp proved to be worth the wait. From poignant and heart-tugging to cocky and hilarious, here are the 20 best quotes from the episode.

20. 'I Don't Need to Talk About Floyd.'

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I don't need to talk about Floyd, you know? He's the kind of guy who always needs all the attention. I'm a quiet guy, but I'm always thinking. I'm preparing myself for the event.

—WBA junior middleweight world titlist Miguel Cotto

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Cotto explains the differences in personality between himself and Mayweather.

19. '...That Might Be His Way of Showing Passion.'

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When people come back to you, they look for somebody to say they are sorry or "I'm mad, I didn't mean what I did." or "I'm sorry what I did." I never got none of that from him. He came and hugged me and that might be his way of showing passion. That might be his way, it's not my way.

-Floyd Mayweather's father and original trainer, Floyd Mayweather Sr.

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Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Sr. got into a confrontation last year during the training camp for Victor Ortiz. Now they are in the gym together again.

Mayweather Sr. may not have the apology that he would give if he were Mayweather Jr., but he's at least together with his son in peace.

18. 'Having Them Here...makes Me Feel Good.'

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Someone to love you in the best way, in the most clear way, they are your kids. They know I love them in the same way. Having them here, having Melissa here makes me feel good.

-Proud father and husband, Miguel Cotto

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Cotto expresses a deeply emotional statement about his love for his three children and his wife, Melissa Cotto. Cotto looked as if he was fighting back tears as he talked about his family.

17. 'He Violated, so I Had to Demonstrate.'

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It's like this, you violate and we'll demonstrate. He violated, so I had to demonstrate.

-WBC welterweight world titlist, Floyd Mayweather

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Mayweather explains the logic behind his controversial knockout of Victor Ortiz, who performed an illegal headbutt moments before.

16. 'I Love the Challenging Situations of Life.'

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I love the challenging situations of life and this fight for me is the best opportunity I can have to prove and show to the world what Miguel Cotto is made of.

-Miguel Cotto

 

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Cotto recognizes the magnitude of this last chance he has at clenching boxing greatness.

15. 'To Train, to Win, There's No Clock.'

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The team needs to be aware to train to win, there's no clock. There's just a lot of hard work.

-Miguel Cotto's head trainer, Pedro Diaz

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Diaz explains why his team gets up at 4:30 in the morning. Hard work. They'll need a lot of it to make the history they plan to make on May 5.

14. 'Of Course I'm Thankful That the Judge Didn't Stop Me from Making a Living.'

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Of course I'm thankful that the judge didn't stop me from making a living. Boxing is what I do. Boxing's what I love. You know, June 1 is just any ordinary day. I'm not worried about it. I don't even think about it. It is what it is. I take the good with the good. I take the bad with the bad. Can't nothing stop me.

-Floyd Mayweather

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Mayweather gives a positive outlook on his upcoming June 1 start date to begin his 90-day jail sentence for domestic violence.

The date was originally scheduled to begin in January, but Mayweather's lawyers were able to convince the judge to move the start date to June to allow Mayweather to fight on May 5.

13. 'I Beat Him and It Took the Steam Back to Me.'

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I think after my first loss with Margarito, he took from myself a lot of things, you know, confidence, trusting in myself. I beat him and it took the steam back to me. I feel great. I feel a lot [more] confidence than before.

-Miguel Cotto

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Cotto discusses the return of his own self-belief in the aftermath of his revenge against Antonio Margarito this past December.

12. '...That Will Be a Therapeutic Process for Him...'

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What's interesting is what you're going to see next from Floyd following that, because that will be a therapeutic process of him going back and thinking about his life for a longer period of time.

-Rap Mogul and Floyd Mayweather's best friend, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson

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50 Cent gives his personal take on what Mayweather will go through when he enters his cell on June 1 to begin serving his 90-day sentence for domestic violence.

11. 'Discipline, Dedication, Desire. That's the Formula for Victory...'

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Intelligence, heart, courage. Discipline, dedication, desire. That's the formula for victory and how to win in life too.

-Pedro Diaz

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Diaz does his best Yoda impression and gives some tidbits of inspiration.

10. 'He Trying to Make Love to My Nephew, I Guess.'

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He trying to make love to my nephew, I guess.

-Floyd Mayweather's uncle and head trainer, Roger Mayweather

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Uncle Mayweather gives his humorous assessment of Victor Ortiz's kiss to Floyd Mayweather's cheek to apologize for performing an illegal headbutt.

9. 'I'm Not Doing the Interview No Way.'

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My mentality is this: I could care less if he is going to be around for my next fight. I'm not doing the interview no way. I'm going right to the back and I'ma get that check and I'ma hang out with my boy 50 and we gonna do what we do.

-Floyd Mayweather

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Mayweather will not do an interview with Larry Merchant following their post-fight confrontation after he knocked out Victor Ortiz.

If Mayweather really skips the post-fight interview, maybe Merchant can get a word from 50 Cent or Mayweather's uncle.

8. 'I'ma Wear Chinchilla and I'ma Rock Mink Coats.'

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In this training camp, we boxing non-stop, and when we get in the ring, it's called the Doghouse. So if you look at the ring, it's always surrounded by a bunch of people, because that's the Doghouse. When you go to a dog fight and you watch pit bulls fight, you know. I don't want to get in trouble with...what's the people called, PETA? I don't want to get in trouble with the PETA people, the animal rights people, but s___, I don't give a f___ because I wear mink coats. I'ma wear Chinchilla and I'ma rock mink coats. The same people gonna tell you, "You can't wear animal fur and s___," them the same people that's eating chickens and eating cows and eating steak, so f___ what they talking about.

Proud mink-wearer, Floyd Mayweather

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In case you didn't know, Mayweather does not care if you don't like his fur coats. He'll rock them regardless.

7. 'I'ma Chop His Ass Up...'

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I'ma chop his ass up, and there's two ways he can go. He can fall on his face or he can fall on his back, or he can wave the white flag. Well, that's 3 ways now.

-The ass-chopper, Floyd Mayweather

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Mayweather promises Cotto will not only be victorious, but he will be stopped. Mayweather has never stopped an opponent at 154 lbs. We'll see if he can on May 5.

6. '...We Are Going Up Against...a Great Fighter. but We Also Know We'll Win.'

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We know we are going up against an undefeated fighter, a great fighter. But we also know we'll win.

-A confident Pedro Diaz

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Diaz compliments Mayweather and then shows the confidence he has in his own fighter, Miguel Cotto.

5. 'I Was Born to Win and I Will Die a Winner.'

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I'ma winner. I'ma winner. Come May 5th, I will win. I was born to win and I will die a winner. You better believe that!

-Born winner, Floyd Mayweather

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So far, Mayweather has made good on the promise that he is born to win, but Cotto seeks to make him a liar on May 5. It'll be interesting to see who prevails.

4. '...excuse Miguel Cotto for Not Talking Back.'

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You'll excuse Miguel Cotto for not talking back. He's just here to fight.

-24/7 narrator, Liev Schreiber

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The narrator precisely sums up Cotto's persona in a humorous juxtaposition to Mayweather's loudmouth antics during the show's opening.

3. "This Victory Is for Us."

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From the moment he stepped in the ring, I said, "Miguel, this victory is for us." I had so many emotions. I screamed, I cried. I felt an enormous calm because in the first fight he really suffered. And in this, it was completely the opposite. I was really happy, and really proud. Above all else, I was really proud of my husband.

-Miguel Cotto's wife, Melissa Cotto

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Melissa Cotto gives a breakdown of the emotions that led up to and followed Miguel Cotto's victory in his 2011 rematch against Antonio Margarito.

She was also there to see her husband battered and bruised from his first loss to Margarito in 2008. She stood by his side in defeat, but also got the chance to be by his side in victory three years later.

2. "I Could Care Less What the Weight Is, I'm in There to F___ You up."

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I could care less what the weight is, I'm in there to f___ you up. I can care less, because I know he in there to do damage to me. You know, I know Miguel Cotto is a very, very quiet guy but he's in there to f___ me up so my thing is, I have to go out there and do damage. I was built for this, you know. I like the smell of the gloves.

-Floyd Mayweather

 

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Mayweather explains that despite the obvious respect he and Cotto have for each other, they are both out to punish each other in the ring come May 5.

1. 'Invincible Men Only Exist in the Movies'

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Everything in life has its moment. I've said it once, and I'll say it here. Invincible men only exist in the movies.

-Pedro Diaz

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Cotto's trainer hits it on the head as to why this fight is so exciting. Mayweather may be undefeated, but he is not invincible.

He is talented, but he is not without flaws. He is skilled, but he makes mistakes. Cotto will not have much room for error, but he will have a chance.

How big is that chance? That's where boxing fans debate and argue. Fans will only get the answers to their debate when these two warriors finally meet in the ring on May 5.