You have to believe in yourself.
RYAN GARCIAYou have to believe in yourself.
RYAN GARCIAEvery time I throw, I hate to miss. It’s like those timing games in the arcades. I win every single time. Guys watch me and they pay me to keep playing.
RYAN GARCIAI’ve been boxing since I was 7 years old.
RYAN GARCIAIt doesn’t matter how much experience Jayson Velez has, whether he fought for a world title or not. I’m going to see how he fights, and I’ll know what to do.
RYAN GARCIAI listen to Frank Sinatra before my fight a lot, and I also listen to Orisha music, so both of those, I need, it’s weird. It’s a weird combination.
RYAN GARCIAI admire people who have fought for change: Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln. I’m dead serious when I say that – those are my heroes. I also like Ben Affleck.
RYAN GARCIAMadison Square Garden has held some of the best fights of all time. Many legendary fighters have fought there. Being able to fight there is an honor.
RYAN GARCIAI want to become a movie director and win an Academy Award. That’s what I’m trying to do.
RYAN GARCIAI want to leave my own legacy and write my own story.
RYAN GARCIAI want to shock the world, and I’m going to do that through boxing.
RYAN GARCIATo beat Gervonta? That would be good.
RYAN GARCIASome people are just naive to what they say.
RYAN GARCIASeeing guys like Canelo helps me get better because they are already champions and I want to become champion. Having role models like that helps me a lot.
RYAN GARCIAI know Golden Boy definitely believes in me and backs me 100 percent.
RYAN GARCIAI’ve been working on my defense and my inside game.
RYAN GARCIAI don’t have friends outside of my family.
RYAN GARCIA