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I still believe in marriage.
Sometimes your dreams come true.
We're not cameras, we're artists.
I like going to the gym every day.
I am just working on staying alive.
I ain't got no right to judge someone.
When you're a man you try and be macho.
My head has got regrets, but I haven't.
Boxing is just show business with blood.
I was about 18 six years ago. I'm 28 now.
People need to have compassion for others.
I speak African. I can even speak Italian.
I don't normally watch myself on the telly.
I usually have a title in mind before I start.
I try and maintain a little bit of fitness, man.
And then he [Mike Tyson] will have only channel vision.
Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.
And I want to say anything is possible. Comma. You know.
Well, that's cricket Harry. These things happen in boxing
I wouldn't mind getting emotionally involved with a woman.
Some people like going to the pub; I enjoy going to the gym.
Being sectioned was the best thing that ever happened to me.
If you're not balanced, your mind's not balanced... my fuse went.
I'm not really a cutter-off sort of person. I'll chat to anybody.
I was in a no-win situation, so I'm glad that I won rather than lost
Instead of using brushes all the time, try a palette knife to paint.
People take the mickey out of mental health, but it is very delicate.
I want to stay healthy, keep fit, eat well, keep a low profile and be a good dad.
Sometimes when you have bipolar you have days you are grumpy and not feeling yourself.
The colors I use may clash or vibrate against one another but this is done intentionally.
There's enough pressure in life without seeking competition. That makes it double pressure.
For example, I like using strong Greek and Roman Renaissance characters as part of my series.
Strong line quality, composition and form are more crucial although even this is loosely done.
Color harmony was thrown out years ago, as restrictive chains were broken forming my free style.
The most important thing taught to my students is to not be so photo realist in what they depict.
I usually use quick sketches that I accumulated from the figure drawing classes I once instructed.
From my sketch files I'll find a pose that shows the emotion behind a particular character's story.
Boxing's all about getting the job done as quickly as possible, whether it takes 10 or 15 or 20 rounds.
But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.
I chose faces and figures as my subject matter simply due to the fact that the human form is already beautiful art.
An Eagle Scout deserves a letter of congratulations, but not a proclamation, ... That's a normal process. It's not a heroic process.
When I came into boxing, I brought it to the next level with adverts and doing pantomime and people just got jealous of me doing that.
Boxing is a buzz, but I went into it to make a living. I wasn't going to go into the ring and get punched in the head for the fun of it.
If your brain's not right they have good people at the NHS to help you fix it and talk to and counselling to calm you down and to focus you.
I still get invitations from all over Europe to speak at dinners, and it's an honour that promoters and charities can use me to create income.
I didn't play a great deal of sport in primary school. It was not until I went away to boarding school in Sussex that I really got into sport.
Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker... anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt.
If you say you've had a nervous breakdown or things aren't right mentally, people run away from you. They think you're from 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest,' you know.
My trainer, George Francis, used to train a lot of African boxers. They're hungry guys, man. They've got no trainers, got nothing. They're so hungry to do boxing, to make some money.
Journalists have always written that my mum said that I punched a hole through my cot when I was three years old. I don't remember doing that, and I think it was more that I was very energetic.