Usually, sprinting is my main source of energy and recovery time because that's how I move.

Seeing the Mexican fighters, it gave me, physically and mentally, ready for an all our war.

The fans only don't support me cos of the way I fight, they support me cos of the way I am.

I don't want to be fighting at four or six-round levels - I want to fight for world titles.

The more irrational you make your opponent, the more control you have over him in the ring.

I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.

I'm happy for people to rate and rank me as they want, but it will never come from my mind.

I am the biggest face of boxing right now. That's how I feel. I am the greatest of this era.

Every time I fought at home, I gave my fans a knockout. I spoiled my fan base in Cincinnati.

Being a champion is not just being a frontrunner and being ahead, but it's facing adversity.

Dad couldn't train me. He was too high-strung, like, 'Throw your jab!' and I'd start crying.

Barney was interested in bringing professional boxing back to Northern Ireland in a big way.

It never ceases to amaze me the opportunities that have arisen for me after my cancer scare.

It's always been important for me to do things in the community, it's part of my upbringing.

There are a lot of fighters, when I fight them, they stay hit forever and never fight again.

If you cheat in the dark of the morning, you'll get found in the bright lights of the night.

I believe that each fight teaches you something, and a new history is written in each fight.

You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.

I think the world is changing. And it's changing so fast that people have to change with it.

Don King ain't a bad guy. He cut my earnings, but I don't hold any hard feelings toward him.

I still feel that I am in my prime right now but I think my best fights were in my thirties.

How can you trust a man who can talk for 5 minutes and you cant understand a sentence of it!

Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.

I will do my best, and I promise I will give this guy a fight, and I have to win this fight.

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

What counts in the ring is what you can do after you're exhausted. The same is true of life.

Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

Boxing's a rough sport. After every fight I rush to the mirror to make sure I'm presentable.

I give thanks to God and to all the people in the U.K. who have supported me over the years.

When I get knocked down, I'm going to get up and knock you down - and I'm going to hurt you.

I was 11 when I started boxing. My brother was fighting before I did, and he got me into it.

Everything I have in this world, I owe to the sport of boxing, and I won't ever forget that.

He's won't push me back on the night and he certainly wasn't going to push me back up there.

I had an exciting style, I was very aggressive, a body puncher, and I attacked all the time.

So I'm not wrong when I said you are a puppet? That you have no voice or choice in deciding?

I prayed, thanking God, for making it all possible for me, because I knew where I came from.

[David Haye] is the biggest diva that boxing has ever seen, I could not believe the demands.

I've not been paid millions of pounds for any fights. I've not made any money out of boxing.

There was a lot of politics going on, and Ireland were denied an Olympic gold medal in 2008.

With this magazine, you could change the 'H' to 'G', it may be funnier and better for sales.

I feel like God gave me an amazing ability, and it's my duty to show people what I'm made of.

It is not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, but the size of the fight in the dog.

I have not been one of those champions that have been fed perfect guys to make me look great.

I've been under a lot of pressure in my career - fights I was the underdog or counted out in.

I don't want to be one of those fighters that say I could've been this, I could've been that.

Everybody wants me to finally close the curtain on the joke that is the Audley Harrison show.

Sugar leaves you stranded; I make sure I have the proper amount of protein before I work out.

I didn't watch one tape on Pacquiao. There is no reason to study him. He's not at this level.

For example, I like using strong Greek and Roman Renaissance characters as part of my series.

I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.

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