Well he never really tried.
When he stormed the flower room he knew he can't defeat Imu. More DFs might have helped but he never got this far
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What did he say again?
"The taboo pirate"
"The man whose ambition led him to violate the world's greatest taboos"
"The crew which dared to challenge the WG"
"Heinous pirate"
"Roger's strongest foe"
"Roger and Garp fight together to save a group of celestial dragons and their slaves from the ultimate crew, Rocks Pirates"
"GV was erased from the annals of history"
These quotes are literal and they are from Oda