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Boxing is an addiction.
I'm proud to be British.
Boxing changed my life twice.
I don't want to get punched all my life.
That's boxing - one punch can win a fight.
I'm confident I can take the gold in Beijing.
I respect other religions and other cultures.
There were no Asian lads boxing when I started.
I've come back from losses and won world titles.
I have been very lucky with what I have achieved.
I looked up to cricket players such as Imran Khan.
It's dangerous to talk too much about future fights.
The last week before a fight always goes really slow.
Work like your life depends on it, but remember it doesn't.
The good thing about being nervous is that you perform better.
I think I'm one of the hardest-training fighters in the world.
I can only say that sometimes skin colour does make a difference.
I've won the world title - what I've dreamt of since the age of eight.
I've always known that to have anything, you've got to work hard at it.
I want a super-fight with a massive name, and I'd love it in a stadium.
Mayweather waits for you to make a mistake. He plays a similar game to me.
I've always been a UFC fan, and I like McGregor and the way he promotes it.
If I get the fight against Mayweather, I have no doubt I can go and take it.
My ambition from day one in this sport has been to become a world superstar.
People always want to see that, the young lion going to take the old lion out.
I'm an orthodox fighter, relaxed, fast, and powerful. And I've got good footwork.
I want to retire from boxing by the time I am 25 or 26 and be a legend by that age.
Some watches I bought, I think now, 'Why the hell did I pay that much for a watch?'
When you drop weight, the closer you come to the fight, the more your muscles tighten up.
I've been boxing since I was eight, and that's a long time to take punches day after day.
If I look at my career financially, I think it's one of the best careers any fighter's had.
You never know what will happen in the future - I would never say 'no' to getting into MMA.
Whose mother wants to see her son fight? It's very hard for her - but boxing is in my blood.
If I spend silly, it's going to look bad, in a way, because I do all this charity work as well.
Mayweather does tease people all the time. He likes to get under your skin. That's what he's like.
Boxing's a business, and I've got a great team around me who have been looking after me in that sense.
I'm very experienced in four-round fights because of my amateur career, and I've got a high work rate.
I understand why my mum and my wife can't bear to watch me fight. There's a lot of blood, a lot of pain.
I love takeaways. I have at least one or two every day. Burgers, chips, curries, doner kebabs, all sorts.
If you start throwing eight or nine shots, you're going to get caught - bang - and the fight could be over.
You need to have a very strong relationship with your coaches. For me, Freddie Roach is like a father figure.
If I get a bit big-headed, I get a good clip round the ear from my family and friends. I'm still the same person.
I know for a fact if I were a white English fighter, maybe I would have been a superstar in Britain - and the world.
Floyd Mayweather has fought the biggest names throughout his career and has earned the right to face whoever he chooses.
As an amateur, we used to fight people from the same gym. You'd spar with each other and then fight each other in championships.
I have a stake in a company called Super Fight League, which is an MMA company in India, and we have a lot of shows in Dubai, too.
It's got difficult for me to walk down the street without people stopping me to ask for an autograph or to talk to me about boxing.
The one thing about me is that I keep my personal life away from my sporting life. And, when I am training for a fight, that is my focus.
People come into fights against me and say this and that, but when they realise how quick and how hard I hit, their game plan disappears.
I used to eat what I want, on a junk diet, and used to think I could make my weight easy and kill myself over the last four or five days.