Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Dereck Chisora - Page 2

I knew Szpilka from around 2004, after he had stopped being a football hooligan and I was over in Poland for business. We did some filming together for about 10 minutes and hung out afterwards, he is a cool guy.

The Klitschkos have ruled for too long and I can't wait to get into the ring in Germany and smash the living daylights out of Wladimir first. Vitali is waiting in the background and I'll deal with him once I've dealt with Wladimir.

I'm always nervous before a fight, any fighter that says they're not is lying.

I don't care if people are booing me. They can boo all they like.

I left Zimbabwe when I was 16.

David Haye is a drama queen and I don't know why more attention is being given to a drama queen but the show must go on.

Boxing is an entertainment, I have to entertain people.

David Price is a big guy but he has not used his advantages, I have known him since the amateurs in the early 2000s and I would always see him in the Boxing News magazine.

I want that rematch with Dillian.

I just want to fight Dillian Whyte. He never beat me the first time, so I want to show the people.

I'm the only black guy who lives in Hampstead. All my friends there are Jewish and you get some Arsenal players in Hampstead but they're French and don't go out much. So I stand out when I walk around. Everyone knows the 'Del Boy' in Hampstead.

I will end the Klitschko reign and cause a massive upset that will be felt around the world.

I'm actually a very nice guy.

Everyone else who has fought the Klitschko brothers has been scared.

Some of the fighters I've boxed, I've forgot their names.

I'm from the streets.

You don't want athletes who are as dry as a bone, you don't want to turn your TV on and see someone boring.

When you lose badly, when you get knocked out and the ref has to stop it, that's when you know it's been a bad fight. But when you lose a fight having over the 12 rounds and you don't look like you've done any rounds, that's when you know it's quite good.

I'm a rude person. But men are hunters. We look. We like. We approach. Women don't like the fact I do it with a swagger. They don't like me walking into the room like I got a million dollars in my pocket, when I ain't. But as a boxer you need that swagger.

I've known Dillian since we were young.

I grew up in Zimbabwe and we didn't have much. My dad worked away for the whole week as an engineer, came back on Friday with his pay and gave the rent money to my mum. He'd put aside money for food and stuff and he'd keep the rest. That's how Africans lived, but there was enough to go around.

I got paid about £5,000 for my first fight against some fat nobody in Wembley. If you're an amazing fighter you'll get between £20,000 and £50,000 for your first fight. I spent all that money on clothes.

Someone has to take the bad role and as long as people are tuning in and watching the sport that I love, I don't mind.

I used to spar Dillian when he was doing kick-boxing.

Me, I don't know anything. Don't even know fighters in my own division.

I asked for the fight with Pulev to be honest with you. I didn't duck and dive.

I prefer to not be soft.

Boxing needs me.

If you could have had a fighter with David Price's body and my mind, you would have had the Great White Hope the United Kingdom has been waiting for for years. With my will in his body, we would have had this giant Scouser knocking everybody out.

When you're a dad you get guys who say 'I don't change nappies' but really and truly everyone changes nappies.

I like to go to peoples backyards. I'm a better fight on the road than at home.

I'm open to fighting anyone, whether it's Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder.

Loads of people wrote me off.

I'm a big believer in cash but I'd never buy a property with cash.

Muhammad Ali wasn't loved, people forget that, but people paid for tickets to see him fight. In retirement, he's loved. As long as people are talking about you, that's a good thing.

I like fighting.

I would like to fight Wilder because he's a great name, he's knocked out nearly all his opponents. I personally just want to fight Wilder.

I did probation for three years.

I love being a father.

Sometimes you think you've prepared and it turns out it's not enough.