Quotes by George Groves - Page 2

I know enough about the business to look after myself now. I don't trust anyone else to take care of business.
George Groves /
Anyone Else
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Sometimes when you're not getting what you want in this game you have to shout a bit and throw a bit of a tantrum.
George Groves /
Shout
Tantrum
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When friends started smoking at 16 or drinking at 18, I made myself not follow. No lads' holidays, all that stuff.
George Groves /
Drinking
Smoking
Holidays
Lads
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I don't want there to be a time where I'm 'too old' to box on, or where an injury retires me in or out of the ring.
George Groves /
Injury
Time Me Old
Retires
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I've been in a few fights where I keep drilling guys - Carl Froch, those sort of people - and they just keep coming.
George Groves /
Drilling
Keep People Where
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Badou Jack is a great fighter, but there is a lot that he does that I do better. I have enough power to take him out.
George Groves /
Jack
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There are plenty of massive fights out there for me, I know that, but the goals always going to become world champion.
George Groves /
Champion
Plenty
Always World Me
Fights
Champion World Me
World Champion
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The Eubanks are very different. If you look at the promotional videos they've done it's a bit 'Homes Under the Hammer.'
George Groves /
Hammer
Homes
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I will beat Carl Froch every night of the week and it doesn't matter if it is the best Carl Froch or the worst Carl Froch.
George Groves /
Every Night
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I know how to read a spreadsheet, I know what I'm worth so I can go into meetings and say, 'I get paid that much, thank you.'
George Groves /
Thank You
Meetings
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If people want to say nasty things that's a good thing in a way because it means people will underestimate me come fight night.
George Groves /
Nasty
Underestimate
Good Fight Me
Good Thing
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In boxing you can be the most talented fighter out there but you need people to watch and I'm fortunate that I'm in that situation.
George Groves /
Boxing
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When I become world champion, what do I need? I need opponents, I need someone to pick a venue, negotiate a date, and I need a promoter.
George Groves /
Opponents
Date
Negotiate
Promoter
Venue
World Champion
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It's iconic, it's Wembley. When I go running up Primrose Hill you can see the arch. It's a great thing and it's a proud spot for London.
George Groves /
Iconic
Arch
Great Thing
Spot
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I have always wanted to be European champion, because it is a fantastic title and so many great boxers have held the belt over the years.
George Groves /
Boxers
Belt
Title
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I've been on the other end of sticky decisions, have been the 'B' side, but I never go in there thinking, 'Is this going to go against me?'
George Groves /
Sticky
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I am an old man and sometimes I struggle to keep up with some of the youngsters on the circuits. But at the same time, it is keeping me young.
George Groves /
Old Man
Youngsters
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I think it is good when your blood is pumping, you are feeling lively, nice and warm, you are loose, you are awake, and your brain is switched on.
George Groves /
Awake
Lively
Warm
Good Brain Your
Loose
Pumping
Switched
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On fight night I feel alive and full of tingles. You feel your blood flow hot but that's how we like it. We're mammals, we're warm-blooded creatures.
George Groves /
Creatures
Flow
Mammals
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I've earned some decent money, and bragging rights, and boxed on a Floyd Mayweather undercard in Vegas... but it's a fraction of what I set out to do.
George Groves /
Bragging
Decent
Floyd Mayweather
Vegas
Boxed
Earned
Floyd
Fraction
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There are various psychological advantages you can take into boxing match. One is getting your opponent to fight with emotion and anger because he hates you.
George Groves /
Anger
Boxing
Psychological
Advantages
Boxing Match
Hates
Opponent
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I've never been the biggest boxing fan. If I know the guy I will watch him. But if it's two great fighters and I don't know either of them then I won't bother.
George Groves /
Bother
Boxing
Great Will Never
Fighters
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What happened with Gutknecht does frequently cross my mind, but I can't do anything about my situation. I need to carry on boxing so that's what I've been doing.
George Groves /
Boxing
Situation
Carry
Cross
Frequently
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If I didn't want to fight Carl Froch then I wouldn't have invested so much time and money into appealing with the IBF over the dubious outcome of the first fight.
George Groves /
Dubious
Time And Money
Appealing
Time Money Fight
Invested
Outcome
So Much Time
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If you're driving home and your kids are playing up in the back seat, I'm pretty sure that's taxing. You're trying to hold your composure, you're trying not to shout at them.
George Groves /
Composure
Seat
Shout
Taxing
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You decide whether you want to box on, or not. And for me of course, I wasn't going to be leaving the business until becoming a world champion, and defending it numerous times.
George Groves /
Defending
Numerous
Numerous Times
World Champion
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I've won junior titles, ABA titles and boxed for England all over the world against future Olympic champions as an amateur - and then beat world-class fighters as a professional.
George Groves /
Titles
World Class
Boxed
Champions
Fighters
Junior
Olympic
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Chudinov is one of the toughest guys I fought. It was only the slump of his shoulders that made me think he's hurt because there's no grimace, or rolling eyes. He was never going down.
George Groves /
Hurt
Rolling
Shoulders
Me Never Only
Eyes
Fought
Guys
Slump
Toughest
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I used to hear other boxers talk about levels and it used to frustrate me. But now I understand: sometimes it doesn't matter how much you prepare, there are just people you can't beat.
George Groves /
Boxers
Levels
Me People Sometimes
Frustrate
Prepare
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My missus has had to put up with me boxing. I'll be able to spend some better time with them and not always have to put boxing first. So that's good for me. I'll enjoy that part of life.
George Groves /
Boxing
Life Time Good
Better Time
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There's always talk about going out on top, unfortunately for me that means going out on a loss but it's going out at the highest level. I'm happily satisfied and it makes a lot of sense to me.
George Groves /
Satisfied
Me Always Talk
Happily
Highest Level
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My career before I was main event I was always trying to steal the show and I feel I have a style that can be endearing to the boxing public. It's a style that allows me to box how I want to box.
George Groves /
Boxing
Endearing
Always Me Feel
Always Me Style
Me Style Feel
Steal
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If I'm confident in my ability to do something, I never get nervous about it. If I was to get up and try to sing in front of 50,000 people, I'd fall to pieces. But boxing, I find it really comfortable.
George Groves /
Boxing
Comfortable
Fall
Nervous
Confident
Sing
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Rebrasse was a good opponent, a tough guy, he took an awful lot of punches. I knew it was going to be tough. I didn't want to run out of steam, I felt in great condition but you always have to be cautious against a guy who has never been stopped.
George Groves /
Cautious
Steam
Tough Guy
Good Great Always
Condition
Awful Lot
Opponent
Punches
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In 2017, I boxed in front of a home crowd in Sheffield and became the WBA super-middleweight world champion. After four attempts I had finally fulfilled my childhood dream, and the experience was as great as I had always imagined it would be. It was without doubt the best moment of my career.
George Groves /
Champion
Fulfilled
Sheffield
Attempts
Boxed
Childhood Dream
Crowd
Imagined
World Champion
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