Boxing and chess are similar. It’s about the choice of means. Sometimes I need a pawn, a bishop or a knight to defeat my opponent. It’s about finding the best way. A good boxer has to be variable. He doesn’t just need to know how to punch. He must also know how to protect himself, how to defend, how to avoid the opponent’s punches. Only a complete fighter can become champion.

I've found that taking shortcuts will get you to the place you don't want to be much quicker than they get u to the place u want to be.

I am going to have one Klitschko for breakfast and one Klitschko for lunch.

During the past twenty-three years, I have set a number of goals for myself and I’m proud to say that these goals have been achieved.

In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess.

People know I was the last true champion.

I was very aggressive as a child. At primary school in London my attitude was 'If you don't do what I say, I'll knowk you out', and I was eventually expelled for fighting.