Vasyl Lomachenko

I want to fight the best in the world.

Most important for me is to fight the best, where the fight means something and fans want it, people want to see it.

Marriaga has heart. He has the courage to get into the ring and fight. I respect that a lot.

Being recognized as the pound-for-pound No. 1 fighter is my ultimate dream.

While growing up, my dream and my goal was to win an Olympic gold medal. I did that, and both times, they were the proudest moments in my amateur career.

The life of a boxing athlete is short, so I don't have time to waste or time to take tune-up fights or whatever.

I want the best and to get the most out of my short boxing career by fighting the best I can.

For me, it doesn't matter. I will fight anybody.

My job is to work my best boxing in the ring.

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.

I am not like most fighters. I want to be on the list of the greatest, best boxers in history.

I came to New York to prove who I am.

I have the biggest weapons in my hands. I can go a full 12 rounds at high speed.

Rigondeaux is a high-class boxer. He is smart, has speed and skill.

I know I will have to prove I am the best and make history in pro boxing, but I have no doubts about it, as I did in the amateurs, and I will do it as a pro.

Linares is one of the best fighters in his weight class.

I like to fight guys my size.

I moved up to 130 pounds hoping champions in this division were not cowards like those at 126 pounds. It looks like I was wrong.

I came to this sport to prove to myself and others that I am this big and loud champion.

People ask me about Orlando Salido. My answer is that I fight for Top Rank and will take on who they schedule for me. But I would like to welcome Salido to Lomachenko University in the ring some day.

I want to bring something new to boxing.

I have looked at videos of many great champions like Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Joe Frazier, who each had special qualities. I never say one particular fighter is the best ever because each has a special unique style of fighting.

Every fight has challenges.

So far, I don't know what it means to be the champion. I'm just glad I have the belt.

I became a professional boxer because I want the attention and interest to come back to boxing. I want people interested in boxing. That's very important to me.

I want everything, but I can say I have a lot of goals and I have a lot of wishes, but it doesn't depend on me. If everything depends on me, I am doing it. Sometimes it just depends on how everything is going to go.

I have many goals, but I don't know if they are going to come true.

Everybody wants to see two warriors have a good fight.

I want to win, win, win.

Money, titles, belts - you're not going to take with you when you die. History stays forever. That's why I decided to go for history.

If, in 10 years, or 20 or 30 years, you sit down with your friends and talk about boxing, you need to remember my name.

I want to be known to fans and appreciated as a 'boxer-painter' in regards to speed, footwork, punching power - an art form inside the ring.

I don't want to be like any other boxer. My goal is to be a champion in my own style.

And since my father started training me, he always explained to me how important footwork is and how strong your legs have to be.

Every fighter fights in the ring the way his opponent lets him fight.

I've never had a problem making featherweight. Of course, it wasn't easy, but it also was never an issue.

I come in the ring to feel, check, and see my opponent. Then I understand him and understand the fight.

Nothing is forever, but history is forever.

It's not in my character to say what I'm going to do and how it's going to go.

My talent is I understand what I want.

In my hometown, I know everybody.

Every fighter thinks about their legacy, and I'm not any different.

It's true that I went to dance classes as a young boy, and it did improve my feet, but I don't believe that it was solely dancing that helped my footwork.

I want to speak English perfectly. In fact, I want to speak English just like I fight, and, until that moment, I find it very hard to do an interview solely in English.

I had a dream as a young boy to be Olympic champion in boxing, and that's what I focused on with my father - making it a reality.

I think footwork is one of the most important things to becoming a great fighter. That's where everything starts.

No one will train me but my father.

I want to fight. I want to fight. I want to unify titles.

I always want a challenge - always.

My legacy is to put my name in the history books in boxing.