Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Dereck Chisora
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Zimbabwean boxer Dereck Chisora.
Last updated on April 14, 2025.
Every fight is important.
I'm not the best fighter but I'm the craziest fighter.
I deliver the fans what they want. I create a jolly!
Boarding school forces you to grow. You have to wake up at a certain time, you have to study, wash your own clothes. We used to play rugby in whites. Can you imagine washing that? And it has to be white. If it was not white, you got punished.
Del Boy' is no more, I am not playing, I am not cutting corners or looking for the short cuts, I have realised I need to live the life of a professional if I am to achieve what I know I am capable of.
To get a fighter like Usyk is a lie and for him to get a fighter to spar like me is a lie. I didn't need anyone to box like Usyk, what I wanted was southpaws to see the way they stand and the way they move their feet.
I've won, I've failed - so many things have gone wrong for me. There's been ups and downs.
Every fighter goes into the gym to be a world champion.
I've lost to some great opponents, and in some I have been robbed.
This is the boxing game. There is no ducking and diving.
Takam is tough. I realized I couldn't trade with him toe-to-toe. I knew the overhand right could catch him.
I talk to a shrink. I actually enjoy it, but it costs too much money - it's like £250 a session! It's good though, the whole nation should be on it.
I can still deliver behind closed doors, we just need to get a recording of the fans singing and shouting in the arena so I can hear them chanting.
I say what I like to say. Most people don't want to break people's feelings, but I just say how I feel.
Why would I want anyone to advertise on the soles of my boots? The only time you'll see the soles of my feet is when I'm dead.
Fighting behind closed doors is like going back to be an amateur, or your early days as a professional. Up and coming fighters can do it but for your bigger guys like Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and me, I don't think we can do that.
For me to stand there and try to pick my punches, I can't do that.
What happened between me and Vitali, and Haye and Wladimir made the Klitschkos stars in Germany.
The people, the fans, the pundits, the people who watch on TV, they are the judges.
I know one day I will be the world heavyweight champion and that Britain will be proud of me.
As long as I can wake up in the morning and want to train, I will fight.
I don't really care about belts. Look at all the greats, they fight for the right to be called the best and the crowd.
I don't box, I bring war. I like war.
There's nothing wrong with being gay or lesbian. If my cousin was gay I'd support him. If my sister was a lesbian I'd support her.
When an elephant is by himself, he can attack lions and get away with it.
An elephant is the king of the jungle for the simple reason a lion is only brave when there is loads of them.
I enjoy fighting, I love boxing.
Believe me, I'm more afraid of my mother than any opponent in the ring.
The psychology of the Klitschkos is to be nice to you before the fight and then destroy you in the ring. With them it's just business.
I don't cry about results, I don't really care.
Every time I have lost, I have rebuilt myself.
Every time I go to the judges, I never get it.
The simplest thing is - Dillian Whyte can't hurt me.
It's what you bring to the table for downloads and how many pay-per-views you can get. For an up and coming heavyweight, it's difficult to break into that scene. You have to take a pay cut.
The title game is too hard.
No cares about the Muhammad Ali trophy.
I've lost so many fights and I've won many but you have to keep pushing.
I'm an entertainer.
I'm not rich, I'm not poor.
I might lose nine or 11 rounds but who knows what's going to happen in the 12th round?
What you fear is embarrassing yourself. Anyone who says they don't fear that is lying.
Fighters just want to be the best.
If I was Mayor of London, I would take the congestion charge off. I'd keep the bike lanes. And buses free on a Thursday.
Trust me, everybody likes to come forward with me, but they all just tire out.
Dillian Whyte hasn't got any power. He hit me with his best shot, didn't even bother me, and he knows that. I hit him with my best shot and he was asleep and I hit him with another one and I woke him up.
If you lose a fight you were paid £800,000 for, the next fight you'll get £100,000 so that's a big drop. If your ratings drop everything drops. I just want to make a good living for my daughter and the rest of my family and to enjoy life.
I tried sports, but I ended up being a paramedic. There was to be no rugby for me. Believe me, I did try, but I fell short. Rugby is tough, man.
I really want to fight Deontay.
If you don't have your gameplan right, as a big man against a little man, you are in trouble.
Most guys are defeated before they step into the ring with the Klitschkos. They start shaking with fear in their boots.
We want to try and get Joseph Parker, as long as he doesn't run like an Australian chicken.
After I retire I don't want to say 'I could have done this and that.' I just want to give it all while I can.
I have changed. I was born again, I've been going to church.
People who have never boxed before, never worked hard in boxing, and they are starting to come in and people forget about the real boxers.
We do everything for money.
Bisexuality started a long, long time ago. You just have to support it. There's nothing wrong with it. We all bleed the same, we're all going one way in the end - six feet down. I support the gays 24/7.
I don't have a gun, I've never owned one and never will.
I used to be a crazy man.
If you run you are a chicken.
I'm happy with my life.
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