My trainer Jimmy Tibbs and my promoter Frank Warren told me that I had to be patient and get the jab going.

Boxing has kept me off the streets, stops me smoking and drinking and gives me something to do.

The Commonwealth is one of three belts I want to win before going for a world title.

There's such a big buzz around boxing at the moment. Everything's happening and there's so much building up with a lot of young talent coming through.

It is an honour to fight at the Royal Albert Hall.

But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional.

You've got to look and pick your shots - and that's where your class and skill comes out.

I've had two fights within a month and I can't ask for more than that.

Everybody must have a fantasy.

One of the major keys to success is to keep moving forward on the journey, making the best of the detours and interruptions, turning adversity into advantage.

If youth knew if age could.

Right now at this very moment we have a mind, which is all the basic equipment we need to achieve complete happiness.

...war is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.

Thank God he wasn't the St. Louis Rams' coach. I have a lot of respect for Coach Dungy and like everyone in America, everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our regard for the donor.

I used to feel so bad before I got to the clubhouse, I didn't know what to do. But when I put that ballsuit on, I don't know where I got the spark to save my life.

As far as beauty is concerned, in order to be confident we must accept that the way we look and feel is our own responsibility.

I often pay homeless people to come round and clean my car.