I don't like all this talking in the press.

As a champion, I can't fight against weak fighters.

If your opponent wants to fight, the fight will be very interesting not just for the audience, but for myself.

Many people wants to be the president...they have ambition. Just ambition is not enough.

Chess is similar to boxing. You need to develop a strategy, and you need to think two or three steps ahead about what your opponent is doing. You have to be smart. But what’s the difference between chess and boxing? In chess, nobody is an expert, but everybody plays. In boxing everybody is an expert, but nobody fights.

People power. It has no limits. In politics, every politician in Ukraine is afraid of that. They know, if people go to the streets, nobody feels safe.

He's a good sportsman but his best at world trash talking.