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" My brother Shane and I used to spar with each other in the kitchen. We didn't have gloves, so we wrapped tea towels around our hands. "

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" Nothing has run smoothly with me throughout my life. Everything has had ups and downs and lefts and rights, and that's just the way it has panned out for me, unfortunately. "

" My opinion is that I follow what the Lord says. Or I try to. Others are following what they want to do, basically. They are living for their self. I am living for God. "

" 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. "

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

" When my little son, Prince, had health issues as a baby, we were told that he had a 20 percent chance of survival. "

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

" 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. "

" Women have to be pure and respectful. "

" I can fight, but that's the only thing I can do. When it comes to anything other than fighting or talking, I'm not very good. "

" I've challenged Cain Velasquez to a fight three times. He's a little boy who doesn't want to fight. He said no, live on TV. "

" I've got a tidy chin and a decent punch. And, for people who think they can fight and are champions, I'll make it extremely hard. "

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

" Sometimes emotions can win fights. Sometimes letting your feelings out in a fight can win you the fight. When it means the world to you, it's not just a sports contest - a boxing match for money or belts. "

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

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

" I've said a lot of stuff in the past, but not with any intentions to hurt anybody. It's all a bit tongue-in-cheek. "

" Whether someone like Klitschko wins, loses, draws, or gets knocked out in five seconds, he is still a big name. "

" Everything I've set out to do, I've achieved, and all the praise goes to God. "

" Any man who puts a pair of gloves on deserves respect because lots wouldn't dream of it. To get in there and go one-on-one, you need your hand shaking afterwards. Many men wouldn't get involved. "

" I'm a fighting man, a fighting man with generations of fighting men before me in my family. That's all we do: we fight. "

" 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. "

" I have a nice house, nice cars, nice watches, nice things. I've got money in the bank. I'm not in need of a few quid - as it stands. It's all irrelevant to me. "

" I've got an outspoken personality, which gets people thinking, and my style of fighting is aggressive. Everything's on the line all the time. In my fights, there's drama. "

" 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'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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" What personality does it take to drive a car around a track 100 times or hit a ball back and forth. That's not very personality is it? "

" There are 7 billion people in the world, but there's only one heavyweight champion of the world, and that's me. "