Winning the IBF title was the greatest night of my life. To give it up outside the ring is truly painful.

I've been giving a little gamble on the roulette and just sitting having a coffee with the fans, chatting away.

I'm going to say hello to two friends who I've shut out of my life for the past 10 weeks while I trained the hardest I've ever done for a fight. So welcome back Mr Guinness and Mr Dom Perignon.

I've got a problem with my legs, they just can't walk past a chippy.

He's won't push me back on the night and he certainly wasn't going to push me back up there.

I have no fear in moving up (in weight) and fighting.

What sort of champion would I be if I just stayed in my normal weight division and didn't take the big challenges on? Bring them on, that's what Ricky Hatton's all about.

My first world title gave me the confidence to go and do bigger and better things.

As an amateur, I couldn't get many fights. No one would fight me when I was a schoolboy.

The one thing that's hurt in my career is people saying I don't want to come out of Manchester to fight people.

Depression is very bad illness. This will be the toughest fight of my life.

Injustice in the end produces independence.

A slice is a loaf to a mouse.

Always have a sense of humor about life - you'll need it - but always be courteous to boot.

My existence is about making movies, so I've just got to rock and roll with the punches. You want to make movies on telephones, I'm there.

I'm going to cut regulations.

When anybody says, 'Why me?' Why is 'me' exempt?

Hard work is amply the refuge of those who have nothing to do.

Mapping out your own future in the form of images, phrases, and inspirational words that you are able to see every day will help reinforce your desires to attain what you set out to achieve.

The first song I wrote was the first song I remember thinking, "Well, maybe I can do something here." The very first one. By the second one I knew I could do something.

The wise learn from the mistakes of others, it's the fool that wants to make their own mistakes.