Boxing involves the possibility of defeat, I accepted that very early on. After all, there are only two men and one of them wins.

I don't have anything else to prove.

Action is what separates the do-ers from the dreamers.

In boxing, if you think you will lose... you're already halfway there.

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.

I don't see where Tyson Fury has boxed anybody of Wladimir's [ Klitschko] calibre to be able to get in the ring with Wladimir and do well.

At first I didn’t give a damn to go down in history. I wanted to win. But the more I won, the more I thought about leaving something behind. Yes, it's as important as hell to me. I want to leave something that people will remember me by. Of course, a lot of boxers want to do that. But it's not easy. Take Larry Holmes, he was the big man after Muhammad Ali, he wanted to emulate him, but for some reason the public didn’t take him like they did to Ali. I think people won’t fully understand what I contributed to the sport for years.