I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.

I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.

I don't want to sound obnoxious, but I like to think I brought it another step. I was able to bring people who were casually interested in boxing together.

A pit bull is like a fighter. Every so often it needs to taste blood.

I'd had 35 professional fights and mentally I was tired of it. I'd sort ot fallen out of love with the sport.

Work hard, think fast and you'll last.

If somebody had told me in the 1980s that Gerry Adams would shake hands with Ian Paisley or Peter Robinson I would have said put that man in a white suit and lock him up in a padded cell.