Freddie Roach Quotations

When we did make it public that we were not letting anyone watch any longer, the Filipino fans stopped coming. They respected the decision and knew it was for Manny's benefit. They helped us out and we respect that.

My fighter is 100 percent ready and he is just two pounds over the limit yesterday.

One play was the difference in the game, ... That shows you. We were 10-3 and whipped alot of people that year. That just goes to show you can't take anybody lightly.

One of (Juan's) friends told me that he thought he made a mistake and wanted to come back. I told him all he had to do was pick up the phone and ask me, and that's all it took. I don't hold grudges at all. It's a good working relationship, which is what you need to have success.

My guy in the first fight was a little left-hand happy. In this fight, he landed a lot of right hooks.

On the first day of training for this fight, Mike already looked better than he did when he fought Etienne,

If we don't win this fight, it's just because we can't.

Gabi is in great shape for the fight. He trained really hard. We had great sparring and we got some big punchers because we know Vic is a very big puncher and a very good champion, and a big favorite going into the fight.

He (Williams) does have pretty good power, ... I expect Williams to be at his best because this is the biggest fight in the world for him.

He fights with his heart and emotion. People say you should change him and settle him down. But this is what makes him exciting and you can't take it away from him.

He looked very good. The jab was really a key punch and it set everything up for him.

He used his jab very effectively and so forth. We didn't expect him to do as well as he did. And he backed Manny up when he put Manny on the ropes where he didn't need to be.

He used his jab very effectively and so forth.

Keep working that body and it's going to pay off. No single punches. He can't handle combinations.

(Marco Antonio) Barrera had beaten Morales, and Manny had beaten Barrera, and I just think Manny took him lightly, believing he was on the downside. But we miscalculated. We won't do that this time. Morales will still have the reach and height advantage, but Manny will have speed going for him. And he knows he has to win this fight.

I thought it was something I could go to the sideline and shake it off.

Manny's Filipino audience loves to watch him, but I wanted it to be more private so we could better work on going to the body and the other things we need to work on. Velazquez is somebody we definitely can't take lightly. Everybody's talking about Morales and the rematch, but there won't be a rematch without winning this fight. We've been working on a little bit of everything to make Manny more of a complete fighter.

Manny relied too much on connecting with that left hand of his (Pacquiao). He wanted a homerun.

You can celebrate birthday every year and fights like this (with Morales) comes once in a lifetime,

We're working on boxing and we're going to be smart about it. A basic 1-2 is not going to work. Manny knows that now.

We had too many distractions going into the Morales fight. Now a lot of the bad people are away from the scene and we have a good team, now.

We know Morales can take a punch, because Manny is a puncher and Morales took a lot of Manny's good stuff.

We are going to start training camp in the Philippines for two weeks then we will go back to the States for another six weeks.

We love the Filipino crowds and it was great to have them there, but it got too much in the end. You couldn't breath in the gym, as more and more came each day.

We chose this opponent because he has a style similar to Morales', ... I think this fight will definitely help prepare him for the next fight.

Erik has a propensity to hold his hands way up. That leaves his body wide open. We saw that, and we broke him down.

The tide turned in the sixth round. I could see Morales was fading from the body punches. Manny's right hook was beautiful. We still have to work on Manny's defense a bit.

The one fight (in between) is good for us. Right after this fight, we'll take a week off and then go into Morales mode.

Z has the potential to be a world champion. He's a very good prospect. He's a solid boxer, but he's not a huge puncher. He's probably a better boxer than Manny and he has good fundamentals, but Manny just has such power and speed. But Z is quick and technically very sound.

It was a tactical fight and they were our tactics. The fight went the way we wanted it to go even though we didn't get the decision.

It's good because it gets him back in the gym, back into the mode of training for a big fight. ... Get him out of the pool hall a little bit.

It was nice having them in the gym, but ... Manny was performing for them more than for me. I wanted him working on technique and so forth. ... They've respected it. They realize it's for his benefit and they want Manny to win.

It was a close fight with a lot of close rounds, ... Morales landed the bigger punches but Manny landed more combinations.

I want him working more on his technique and not just going out there and putting a show on for the fans that come and watch him train.

After this fight we'll take a week off and then we'll be straight back into Morales mode,

In the last fight, the game plan went out the window,

It means the most when your team always supports you.

I know when I first started working with Manny that he was something special. But eight world titles? No one could have expected that.

Mayweather likes to say he is better than Sugar Ray Robinson, but I think it is more important for him to keep the zero on his record than it is to fight Manny. We hope the opportunity comes for a fight with Mayweather, but Manny is going to continue to fight, even if it means moving up in weight to go after nine titles.

And Manny was supposed to have a big suite, but Murad took the big suite for himself and put Manny in a one-bedroom suite that Manny had to share with eight other people. And he didn't get his tickets (for family and friends) for the fight.