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I've worked in pubs for years and you get people challenging you. Challenging your masculinity.
My open workouts are like fight day. I've got a lot of pressure on me and I ride it to the top.
Was there any danger I could have gone down a different path were it not for boxing? Of course.
The win over DeGale felt satisfying for several reasons as it proved what I've known all along.
If you quit every time things don't go your way, then you'll be quitting all through your life.
Ever since boyhood I've made a religion of keeping in shape by regular, conscientious exercise.
Trust me. Sometimes God comes down and puts his hand on you if you're too big in your thoughts.
I want that fifth championship. If that does not present itself, then I'm closer to retirement.
I have one of those real old American built cars. The kind that just PUNCHES through accidents.
I don't really try to tell people whether they should fight. It's definitely not for everybody.
The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one.
People want to see me back in the ring. I think it is more of a drag lying around on the beach.
For me, boxing isn't about hurting each other. Boxing is entertainment and making people happy.
If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it.
I could never stop drugs, I could never stop drinking, until I received my spiritual awakening.
If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?
Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall.
When your mother dies, it really hurts. But with time, you get used to it. That's nature's way.
Ever since I first came here in 1963 to fight Henry Cooper, I have loved the people of England.
I seek to fight the best out there. I seek to fight the champions in every division I go up to.
I wouldn't recommend [boxing] to any child of mine. I would rather he played golf or something.
I tried to do the impossible on paper -- beat the middleweight champ coming up from 130 pounds.
I have the rematch that I wanted. I'm going to knockout a Mexican and I will reconquer my title
I've always been quiet and kind of shy. I'm sociable, but I would probably migrate to a corner.
When the trainer talks to the fighter, there's a connection. You don't always have to say much.
I would compare it to an actor. I drive myself into the character that later on is in the ring.
Who wants to wake up in the morning and have to remember that they've got to face Adrien Broner?
Listen, you can't just come in to boxing and be a world champion. You've got to be born with it.
I'm just a fighter that comes to fight with a big heart. I come to give the fans what they want.
I want to fight the best fighters and I feel like Danny Garcia at his best, nobody can touch me.
They say that being humble leaves you out of the record books. I want to be in the record books.
I've been in a lot of big fights, so I can't psyche myself out, like, 'Oh, this is a big fight.'
It's hard to judge somebody before or after a fight. Adrenaline is flowing, and you're hyped up.
There are no shortcut to losing weight. Just hard work and dedication, hard work and dedication.
If I hit the Klitschkos with the same shots I was hitting John Ruiz, both of them would go over.
Color harmony was thrown out years ago, as restrictive chains were broken forming my free style.
Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight.
Don't let any opportunity lead you away from serving God. That's a price that's too high to pay.
I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.
That's what I'm trying to manifest, greatness within myself, no matter who they put in the ring.
Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It's the determination and the will in the guy.
The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone's not true with themselves.
I don't want anyone to have to interview me. I wish I didn't have to talk too much about myself.
They used to draw cartoons of Jews in Germany. Later they started killing them in the Holocaust.
I need to get everything straight. I'm not involved in a power struggle between black and white.
If you were surprised when Nixon resigned, just watch what happens when I whup Foreman's behind!
I just feel proud when they say in 'Forbes' magazine that the highest-paid athlete is a fighter.
I've got a lot to prove because of the criticism over my weight and moving back down a division.
It's unusual for me to be in front of an audience without somebody trying to knock my teeth out.
I'm not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it.