Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Amir Khan - Page 2

I was very hyperactive when I was a kid, just misbehaving at school like most kids, and I would probably be 10 times worse at home.

Even though you think boxing is a contact sport, it teaches you not to fight on the street, to behave. It gives you discipline and self-control.

The boxing world can be a very lonely one, and I'm so grateful every day to have Dad and my whole family watching my back. It would be unthinkable if I didn't have their support.

I understand why my mum and my wife can't bear to watch me fight. There's a lot of blood, a lot of pain.

I think I'm one of the hardest-training fighters in the world.

I used to have Lamborghinis, Ferraris parked up outside the house - just parked there with no one driving them! Now I'm much wiser, and I only have one car that I drive. What's the point of having three cars just parked up when you don't need them?

I grew up in a loving household.

Boxing's a business, and I've got a great team around me who have been looking after me in that sense.

We like to entertain, but it is not our duty to do so. I have had a lot of exciting fights and been hit way too much, so that is something to think about.

If I get the fight against Mayweather, I have no doubt I can go and take it.

It's just such an addictive sport. Only now I can understand why ex-fighters come back. That addiction helps me set new goals and targets.

You need to have a very strong relationship with your coaches. For me, Freddie Roach is like a father figure.

The last week before a fight always goes really slow.

People forget that boxing is the art of self-defence - ideally, hit and not be hit - and maybe we should all think about that a bit more.

You have to be confident when you've got someone in front of you who wants to beat you and take the title from you. But I think people mistake my confidence for arrogance or cockiness.

If I hadn't gone towards boxing, I might have been one of those kids getting into trouble. A lot of my friends did. They were clever kids at school, but they just went down the wrong path.

The thing is, I'm never scared. It's just in the blood, really. My family come from a warrior clan background, the Rajput tribe from the Punjab, and that could be one of the reasons. Going into fights just seems normal to me.

As a kid, I was hyperactive and the naughty one in school. I wouldn't listen to anyone and thought I knew best. At home, I was always breaking things and annoying everyone.

I love the British public and the British fans; they are true boxing fans. If you get them on your side, you can go right to the end and achieve anything in life.

Mayweather waits for you to make a mistake. He plays a similar game to me.

The one thing about me is that I keep my personal life away from my sporting life. And, when I am training for a fight, that is my focus.

My sport will always be important to me.

If I spend silly, it's going to look bad, in a way, because I do all this charity work as well.

You always want to fight the best.

There are a lot of fighters with no family support, but your family are honest with you. Look at the types who were around Mike Tyson. They are not going to tell you when you are wrong; they'll just call you the champ.

I've been boxing since I was eight, and that's a long time to take punches day after day.

Work like your life depends on it, but remember it doesn't.

We grew up in a nice house in a very middle-class area in Bolton and had a very happy childhood. My mum, Falak, who was also brought over from Pakistan by her parents as a kid, devoted herself to bringing up me and my younger brother and sister, Haroon and Tabinda, and my elder sister Mariyah.

If I look at my career financially, I think it's one of the best careers any fighter's had.

I eat a lot of takeaways.

Some watches I bought, I think now, 'Why the hell did I pay that much for a watch?'

I've always been a UFC fan, and I like McGregor and the way he promotes it.

Mayweather does tease people all the time. He likes to get under your skin. That's what he's like.

It's dangerous to talk too much about future fights.

I have the skills to box and not get into a war. I've been getting punishment I shouldn't be taking because, sometimes, I'm too brave for my own good. When I've got good footwork and movement, I should use them.

I have a stake in a company called Super Fight League, which is an MMA company in India, and we have a lot of shows in Dubai, too.

I've come back from losses and won world titles.

I looked up to cricket players such as Imran Khan.

I'm always strong. I'm tough.

I love takeaways. I have at least one or two every day. Burgers, chips, curries, doner kebabs, all sorts.