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" Boxing is a dying sport, really. Years ago, the world heavyweight champion could be said to have reached the highest pinnacle of sport. Even in this country, boxers were heroes. Think of Henry Cooper and Frank Bruno. "

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" A lot of my friends, when I was 14 or 15, they were all up and down, wanting to go out on a Friday night, and my dad had me working really late on Fridays and Saturday mornings and even on Sunday mornings. And when I'd finished all that, we used to spend the rest of the time talking about boxing. "

Tyson Fury

Time

Sunday

Friday

" I pray for forgiveness. For help and guidance. To be a better person. For the health of my family. For the world to be a better place. "

" Klitschko was the reigning champion for a decade and regarded by many as one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. I'm never going to face another opponent with that legacy. "

" I'm not homophobic, I'm not racist. I'm not against any people. All I have for people is love. "

" There are lots of people in the world who have money. Lots of people in Morecambe have money, let alone the world. And Morecambe is quite a small place. "

" It's not about how much money I'm getting paid. It's just a love of one-on-one combat. I feel I'm at home. I love the ring entrances, the talking. I'm the master of it all. "

" Watching two men jib and jab for 12 rounds is not entertaining for me. I want action, knockouts, big shots, and people getting up off the canvas. That's my ideal fight. "

Tyson Fury

Men

Fight

" Whatever is conventional, I am the opposite. So if you want to walk in a straight line, I am going to walk in zigzags. If you want to throw a 1-2, I'll throw a 2-1. "

" Everything is possible through God, and I'm living proof of that. "

" What do I see when I look in the mirror? One handsome man. No, I see the same person I have seen for the last 27 years: the person I believed I could be when I was a child, the person I have inspired and dreamed to be all my life, and that's the person I have seen, from being that big to as big as the roof - the same guy. "

" I will become the greatest, because all travellers have to be able to adapt. That quality, adaptability, is essential to that way of life. Not many boxers have it but I can adapt before a fight to the opponent, during the fight if necessary. "

" Wilder is not a big draw in the U.S. He maybe sells 5,000 to 10,000 tickets when he's fighting in his own town for the heavyweight champion. "

" My mum had 14 pregnancies - but only four of us survived. We had a little sister born for a few days and she died. There had to be a funeral. "

Tyson Fury

Only

Sister

" I have lived in Ireland, visited all my life, and when I fight, I represent Ireland. "

" I set out in the beginning to be the heavyweight champion of the world. From a very young age, I was going to be the heavyweight champion of the world. Nothing else was a problem to me. That's what I'll finish doing. "

Tyson Fury

Age

Champion

" He has been a world champion - great for him - but listen, whenever Lennox Lewis wants to come out of retirement, I'm here waiting for him because I'm the best British fighter to come out of these shores. "

" As you know, I get a lot of abuse on Twitter. And while I'm abroad on training camp, I train three times a day, often for two hours a time, and I haven't got time to respond to all the people that ask questions. "

" Training's training; boxing's boxing. Everyone does the same kind of stuff: they spar, they train, they do whatever they do to prepare for fights. "

" People can say what they want about me. But I've got a big heart and will keep going. "

Tyson Fury

Keep Going

Heart

" I'm a little bit backward. I didn't really go to school. "

Tyson Fury

Backward

Little

" I'd like to take a course in writing. I'm not the best writer in the world. I'd like to write more neatly, even though people don't send many handwritten letters these days. "

" There's lots of sins in this life. We're all sinners. If you don't believe in God and you don't believe in the scriptures, then we are on a different page. "

" Although I think of myself as the greatest heavyweight, I do respect the legends of the past for what they did. But they are not my heroes. "

" I'm not even scared of the devil. If the devil confronted me, I'd confront him as well. "

" If anyone wants to abuse other people for whatever colour, race or creed they are, then it's just stupidness, isn't it? "

" All my people are from Ireland. I was born in Manchester, but I am Irish. "

Tyson Fury

Born

People

" I'm not a sexist. I believe if a man can to go work all his life, a woman can. Who am I to say, 'Don't do that because you're a girl?' "

" I just need to count the rounds and count me money afterwards. "

" I will be dictated to by nobody. I'm the man. And if anyone can prove me wrong, their chance is inside a boxing ring. You don't like it, change the station. "

Tyson Fury

Boxing

You

" I never started in boxing to be a British champion or a world champion. There are loads of world champions in Britain, and if you mention them to someone out there on the street, nobody knows who they are. "