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" 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. "

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Tyson Fury

Dealt

Always

Things

" 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. "

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

" Racism is a sign of ignorance, in my opinion. It's people who haven't been anywhere, haven't seen the world. "

" As a fan, I like watching fighters rather than boxers. "

Tyson Fury

Rather

Watching

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

" I've had hundreds of challenges at Traveller gatherings. They get a few beers in them, and they start thinking they are Tyson or Ali: throwing punches, swearing, and jumping around with their big fat bellies. I'd love to knock a few of them out. "

" My only idol is God, and I kick myself when I don't pray regularly enough. "

" There have been many great fighters like Jake LaMotta, Roberto Duran, and Ricky Hatton. Hatton was a great inside fighter. "

Tyson Fury

Great

Inside

" 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. "

" How many people have different opinions in this world? Every different person has a different opinion of what that bottle really is or what colour it is. If I say that bottle is clear, there will be someone out there telling me that bottle is green or blue. "

" 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'm like the man who is always supposed to fight, but never ends up fighting. He just spends money. "

Tyson Fury

Money

Man

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

" 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. "

" I've sparred with lots of people and played around with everybody. "

" I'm looking forward to fighting Chisora, getting him out of the way, and then fighting Klitschko for all the belts, but I don't think Wladimir is going to take the 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. "

" If ever you want to get rid of somebody you don't want to talk to, just mention God. They're out of there. "

" I'm a gypsy: no education, no schooling, nothing. I don't care what people think of me. I don't care about being a hero, a role model, a champion. "

" 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 could drive from the age of nine. My dad had his car pitch at home, and we used to drive the cars around the land, take them up to the tap, wash them, and reverse them back. "

" I don't fight like Mike Tyson. I'm nothing at all like Mike Tyson. I'm out to build my own legacy and not live off anyone else's name. "

" Women have to be pure and respectful. "

" 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. "

" Let's make this clear: I do not hate anybody. "

" 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

" 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

" Although there's been a fighter before me called Mike Tyson, I'm my own Tyson. I'm Tyson Fury. I ain't trying to be anybody else. "

" Goliath was a champion, a monster who had never been beaten, and then this young guy, David, came forward, a child who believed in God and did it. "