All Mihawk wants is a peaceful life and y'all clowning him for it 😂
Mihawk is the most unproblematic dude in the manga. He doesn't provoke anyone, he really just be chilling alone on his island.
All of a sudden he's got a million marines swarming his island so he leaves and forms Cross Guild cos why not - they can help keep the feds off his back.
And now he's being thrust into a race for Pirate King that he has literally zero interest for whatsoever. He doesn't give a singular flying fuck about Pirate King lmfao, why should he bother fighting 3 Yonko at all, let alone on Buggy's order - a fodder and actual clown. His statement is what any logical person would say in that situation, especially since he's the one who'll be doing all the fighting lool.
Y'all gotta chill fr. Betting against Mihawk is not intelligent when he chose to hype Mihawk above Mary Sue Shanks in-canon.