10 Things Ryan Garcia Can't Live Without | GQ Sports

those that are not, what's up, GQ, this is Ryan Garcia and these are my essentials, yes, this is my little locket, it represents faith to me. I got it from one of my family members, he says may God be with you always. I am originally from Victorville. California I grew up there, you know it was a journey because in Victorville, you know it's hard, you know it's not the easiest place to grow up, so I have faith in God that if I keep working hard, you know I could get ahead. of myself so my faith in God is something that I need it's essential it keeps me grounded it keeps me humble and just focused you know it keeps me very focused I can't go without these bad boys my boxing gloves of course it's essential my life that's all I do I keep hitting people with these so I need them everywhere I go you know because you never know when you're going to need them you know you'll never know and you need your boxing gloves no boxing no Life, I mean, that says it. everything you know without boxing, you know life, you know it for me, at least yes, I train with these all the time, these are the gloves I trained with, they are with me on Monday and Saturday, so these are my gloves favorites, it's just a convenience. of them, you know them, you can hold your hand very, very tight, these and you know they make a better hit, a better snap, like just a better hit, better feel, I have to have my headphones, I have to have the music you know Listen before a fight or warm-up.

Upstairs, you know my music in my ear, it keeps me motivated. I touch everything. I love all kinds of music. Taylor Swift. Look. I have Chris Brown. I have Justin Bieber. I have my music playlist for everyone so you know that music is super important and could improve your mood. You could lower your mood. Music could do anything to drive you crazy, so I listened to a lot of Frank Sinatra before my fight and I also listened to worship music, so I need both. It's strange. It's a strange combination. One of the most important

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It's my family that they know, they keep me grounded, they keep me humble, they always made sacrifices with me. I have my little brother Shawn here, he's just a little idiot, he always has fun with me like my best friend, my mom, Lisa, always giving me hugs and stuff. and to make sure you know that I felt comfortable, I got my dad, he was also my coach and you know he's been coaching me since he was 7 years old. My sister Sasha, she is a very severe character. Sasha has my older sister, Demi, she's always, you know, always looking out for me. making sure I'm doing

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right and of course it could be my little sister Kayla, the baby of the family.

You have my daughter of course a new motivation for me and she holds a special place in my heart and everything I do is for her so it's very important for me to have a big family it's fun you know you always have someone to hang out with, always someone to talk to, so I love having a big fan, these are my off-white air forces and these are my favorites, you know, my favorite color is blue, so when I saw these whites, I thought that I have to get them, these are essentially, you know, they're comfortable, you can wear them every day, you can wear the joggers with these or think jeans, whatever you really know you're feeling that day.

These could go with anything, you know, you could really dress up and put them on and they compliment them just because I mean they're white, I mean, you can't, they'll have beauty like you. If there was anything to these, this is my Nintendo Switch. I don't really play a lot of video games, but I do play the Nintendo Switch, it has Super Smash Brothers. I use Mario, that's my go-to guy, he's smooth, you know he's fast and you like him. act like he could be any position of your back kick, he could smash front, you could do anything at any time, that's why I like it, I mean, so fluid, I'm telling you, I'll be super smash, you know, they know someone who could beat me, I accept all challengers, whoever is watching this video, if you want to play with me, you know, sign up, you know, this is Naruto, baby, my favorite anime.

Honestly, at first I didn't know how much I would like Naruto because he looked like everyone else. Speaking of which, I'm like I don't know, it seems a little silly, I'm not going to lie right, I wasn't, of course, in Dragon Ball Z, everyone likes that, you know, that crazy stuff, but then I was like, You know, I want something more, you know? more like a story so you know I watched Naruto and the story of the show was amazing and you know it actually made me cry a couple of times no one believes in them he wanted to be you know the best Hokage and he just didn't they did it.

Give him a chance and you know he had to prove it to everyone, that's how I feel. You know they're not giving me a chance. They really don't believe I'm going to become the best. So you know, he's a big inspiration to me. Naruto and you know that one day I will be the best in the world and you know you have to believe it. Yes, this is my Rolex watch. I need this. You know you need a good piece on your wrist. A very funny story about this watch. My promoter Oscar de la Hoya gave me this for my 21st birthday, so it's very special to me and yes, I wear it almost every day.

He was a big fan. You know, he was a little kid watching him fight. You know, I thought he saw him fight. my orga all those fights oh, I had a lot of time, I was super excited, it was like a dream come true, it's great, the first time I met Oscar I was around 18, it was when he was going to sign me up we went to this little event of charity for These children that you know needed to find a new inspiration, a new way and Oscar had me give a speech to the children and while I was giving a speech to the children, he came to my side and gave me a contract for five years to fight under his promotion, which I thought was cool and it was a great event, a great day, so that was the first time I met Oscar.

I think I want to dive into it a little bit more and you know, try to get a couple of different pieces. I like the one that Odell Beckham jr. If he had been playing outside of school, oh, I see, I want that to be my favorite dish now. In fact, I eat this food before each of my fights because you know it fills you with energy, it's Italian food. I love Italian food, it's my favorite food, so yeah. I eat this all the time and I still love it as many times as the lady before I won.

I eat a lot of fish, lean turkey, things like that, you know, it's a very lean diet, there's really not that many carbs I can eat, so I usually eat this. after my weigh-in, Wayne's before my fight, have fettuccine alfredo with the family and get ready for the next night and yeah, almost ready to go after this. I want to eat this right now. Is it good enough to eat? It looks very good. Yes, and the last thing that is probably the most important thing is my mother's hugs. I know I punch people in the face for a living, but you know I love having that motherly love after the fight.

She is the mother. I know boxers with big backs. but she ditches the hugs, hey this was Ryan Garcia and these were my essentials. I hope you enjoyed watching it, see you soon in one of my fights, thank you, peace.