Floyd Mayweather, Jr. — American Athlete born on February 24, 1977,

Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. is an American retired professional boxer. Undefeated as a professional and a five-division world champion, Mayweather won twelve world titles and the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He is a two-time winner of the Ring magazine Fighter of the Year award; a two-time winner of the Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year award; and a six-time winner of the Best Fighter ESPY Award.Spike TV honored him with "The Best Ever Award" in 2015.BoxRec currently rates Mayweather as the sixth greatest pound for pound fighter of all time, and the greatest pound for pound welterweight of all time... (wikipedia)

I come from a very rough background, and I'm saying that if you work hard and dedicate yourself that you can make it, too.
You know, as a young child, I lay in my bedroom and I swore to myself then: 'I'm not going to smoke and I'm not going to drink.' And I said I'm not going to just say that when I'm a kid. I'm going to stick to that as an adult. I kept that in mind my whole life.
Well, you've got certain obstacles that get in your way throughout your career, but you have to be a strong individual.
If you fight angry, you make a lot of mistakes, and when you fight a sharp, witty fighter like me, you can't make mistakes.
When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.