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I focus on myself, that's how I beat Wladimir Klitschko.
People are paying to see me. You've got to give something back.
I want it all: I want the attention and live for the glory nights.
I didn't make the most of school, but boxing has given me discipline.
Boxing's a sport that gives you licence to act like an idiot, I think.
If you know me, you know I make every day count, I'm serious about my life.
I've been lucky that I've been around good people, who kept me grounded and taught me.
This is boxing, not tennis. Everyone likes a bit of rivalry, it makes for a good fight.
Sleeping is like meditation: it's good to rest the body but also to shut the mind down for a bit.
The way I meditate is by being organised. I can get real Zen if I go home and tidy the front room.
Wherever you get to is better than where you started. To stay on the road is a massive achievement.
This is the step up people have wanted. [Wladimir] Klitschko wants his belts back, may the best man win.
Just set yourself a goal and try and stick to it. Because you'll always end up better than where you started.
As long as you have discipline, you can be a success. Discipline is what makes you do everything you need to do.
Oliver [McCall] has meant so much to my career and showed that in the heavyweight division, anything is possible.
People who do crime do it for reward. But you end up in jail - that's no reward. Through crime, your ambitions are low.
Ali was a legend of our sport. For me as a kid, he inspired me to represent myself like a champion in and out of the ring.
I thought, I can't wait to get on the podium squad. I was in my hotel and they were in the Premier Inn living the high life!
In boxing, it is about the obsession of getting the most from yourself: wanting to dominate the world like a hungry young lion.
No matter how big and strong you are... even Tyson said he was scared as hell walking to the ring. Everyone feels the pressure.
There's so much pressure on becoming the next Muhammad Ali or Mike Tyson, and if you don't achieve that in boxing, you're nothing.
I realised that I could either fight and get into trouble on the street or I could fight and get paid in the ring. I chose the ring.
Don't worry about the title. Worry about what you've got to do today, tomorrow, the next day, and that title will be waiting for you.
I know every fight could be my last fight, and if that happens, that's not just a health issue, but I'll be knocked off that king's stool.
I can be the nice family man at home, and then when I go to the gym, maybe sparring with someone, I switch into beast mode. It ain't pretty.
Boxing is the embodiment of who I am, but beyond that, this is a journey of the self, and my obsession to get the most from this short life.
People pay to see blood, they pay to see war and that's why people are supporting my journey because I deliver every time I step in the ring.
When you are around people who have money, you realise money isn't that impressive, it's about your class, morals and how you conduct yourself.
You have to speak from a place where all is possible. When you speak from a place where there's limits, you've already set yourself up to fail.
People have built me up to be untouchable, unbeatable, invincible, and I'm not that. I am a man, and I am a winner, but that can change in a second.
I'll get seven hours sleep a night, but after breakfast, I'll have an hour just resting, to recover. In Spain they all have siestas, even businessmen.
I am nice, yeah. I'm cool. But I'm no push-over. And if someone gets one over on me, they've done it when my eyes were closed, and it doesn't happen twice.
I used to drink. I didn't like reading, but I discovered the benefits of it. I read that Floyd Mayweather never drinks - and he is the blueprint for boxing.
It's hard to say I don't like being famous, but how I feel is that I don't see myself as that person. It baffles me that people would want a picture with me.
America is the mecca of boxing, and they've had some great champions here. It's good to establish your skills and let people know what you're about in the States.
I kind of focus on my own stuff, really, and then when people come into my territory, I've got to fight them away, and that's what we do every time fight night happens.
For me to have a cheeky little biscuit, it's not going to hurt. But I need to control those indulgences. I can't just be scoffing cakes and biscuits five nights a week.
Sportsmen just do what they do. I'm not trying to be a role model. If there's any inspiration people can take from me, take as much as you can - from my good and my bad.
It's not so much about conquering Madison Square Garden or Vegas. The opponents who I fight will take me all around different venues and arenas. I need to conquer opponents.
What makes a champion great is how he dethrones the guy before him. Look at Mike Tyson against Trevor Berbick and how he crushed him. You have to rip the title away from him.
You're confident, you're going to the ring to fight, but there's always that little thing where you're thinking, 'God.' You're nervous. But you have to embrace it and enjoy it.
I think towards the end of my career, I'm the man. But right now, I've still got that underdog mentality to keep on proving myself time and again. I'm not going to believe the hype.
Prayer is a form of meditation, isn't it? It's laws of attraction: whatever you put out into the universe is what it receives. It's just kind of putting your thoughts out into the universe.
The belt doesn't represent me; it's how you deal with people, how you represent yourself as a champion. The belt is a sign of a champion, but what makes a champion is the things I have just said.
I was raised well. My parents are from Nigeria; their culture is respectful. Very respectful. But I learnt that you have to be determined. It's not violence or aggression. It's sheer determination.
There are two types of warriors: the one that rides through on his horse and tries to slay everyone, and the sniper. I try to be more like the sniper. Bang. Bang. Bang. Break them down, shot by shot.
I used to stay at my hotel... I remember looking out of the window once and I saw (GB boxers) Tom Stalker and Kal Yafai skipping out of the Premier Inn and they jumped into a Range Rover to go to training.
When you are caught with a big shot, you don't really feel it. It's like being in a car crash, and maybe your arm has been ripped off... it is only when you look down at it that you realise it has happened.
Prayer is a method practised from ancient days, so it's very important for us to maintain a spiritual connection, something that people, gladiators would do years ago, so we're just maintaining that routine.
There's this idea that because I'm a heavyweight, I'm not supposed to be in condition, that I should take advantage of the fact that I can eat. But I train and eat well, and it shows when I step on the scales.