HBO's award-winning franchise "24/7" returned tonight with the premiere of "24/7 Mayweather/Ortiz", the all-access reality series following undefeated pound-for-pound champion Floyd Mayweather and WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz as they prepare for their September 17 showdown at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. For fans that wanted to know more about the hardships that molded Victor Ortiz into the fighter he's become today, Episode 1 did not disappoint. "When I see and look into Floyd's eyes, I see a kid that just thinks he's God's gift to earth," Ortiz would comment, making it clear that he's in no way, shape, or form intimidated at the challenge that lies before him. Check out what else Victor Ortiz had to say in episode 1 of 24/7 Mayweather/Ortiz.
On the opportunity to face Mayweather...
"I wake up every day kind of like, hey, you know what? This isn't half as bad as my youth growing up."
"As of today, I'm not content. I'm not happy. I'm just scratching the walls. I'm knocking at the doors. I'm at the footsteps at something big."
"When I see and look into Floyd's eyes, I see a kid that just thinks he's God's gift to earth."
On his childhood...
"I grew up pretty poor, very poor, but at the time, it was one of those things where I was a little kid. I didn't really care. We definitely didn't have a whole lot, but we had each other."
"We get home from school one day and my mom's gone and I'm like, wow! So she just up and leaves like we're nothing, you know?"
On his loss to Marcos Maidana...
"Why try to go back and watch and study something that, in my mind, never took place?"
"I've been through so many adversaties, so why is boxing any different."
On his title winning performance against Berto...
"There wasn't a doubt in my mind that I would not go home without that belt."
"People could have told me, and they did, you won't win."
"I knew what I was there for and that belt was mine. It was mine before the fight even began."
"I don't really care what anybody has to say about me nowadays."
On his team...
"I've surrounded myself and created this alliance. Every one of them, they bust their butts day in and day out with me. I love my team!"
"I love Danny [Garcia]. He's definitely my, as you can probably call it, my savior in boxing."
"I said, 'Coach Danny, I know you work, and you work nights, but I need someone to be there for me and train me, so please, if you can find it in your heart, just, you know, go to the gym with me and just tell me what to do here and there."
"I wanted to be in it for the long haul, and in this case, it was Coach Danny."
"Danny was the only one who believed in me."