Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by George Groves - Page 2
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Last updated on December 22, 2024.
When friends started smoking at 16 or drinking at 18, I made myself not follow. No lads' holidays, all that stuff.
I've been in a few fights where I keep drilling guys - Carl Froch, those sort of people - and they just keep coming.
You can't judge a fighter by their worst performance.
That's the reality of boxing - it can be over in a flash.
I got to world champion, No 1-rated fighter in the division and managed to earn from the defences.
I don't care what people think anymore. I don't think I've got anything to prove.
Being champion, there's a different mindset.
Once I'm world Champion we can think about what fights are fun rather than fights that need to take place.
I have always boxed better with a bit of nerves.
I think it is good when your blood is pumping, you are feeling lively, nice and warm, you are loose, you are awake, and your brain is switched on.
My missus has had to put up with me boxing for so long.
What happened with Gutknecht does frequently cross my mind, but I can't do anything about my situation. I need to carry on boxing so that's what I've been doing.
There's always talk about going out on top, unfortunately for me that means going out on a loss but it's going out at the highest level. I'm happily satisfied and it makes a lot of sense to me.
I have always wanted to be European champion, because it is a fantastic title and so many great boxers have held the belt over the years.
I'm sure I'm going to have a long and successful career.
I don't want to have lunch with a sultan. I would rather watch Netflix.
I've good memories of fighting at the Echo Arena. It's been a happy hunting ground for me in the past.
I didn't fool myself into thinking I was world class just because I'd beaten James DeGale.
I get paid to get hit in the head.
I can play poker when I have to and I think it has made me a better fighter.
I'm taking charge of my own business because I don't trust anyone else to do it.
Since I was 12 and didn't want to go training I have always worked hard not to waste my talent.
If people want to say nasty things that's a good thing in a way because it means people will underestimate me come fight night.
I know how to read a spreadsheet, I know what I'm worth so I can go into meetings and say, 'I get paid that much, thank you.'
Carl Froch never really does too well away from home and he is very settled and comfortable in Nottingham.
I'm a realist and I'm not going to shy away from being knocked out.
I've been on the other end of sticky decisions, have been the 'B' side, but I never go in there thinking, 'Is this going to go against me?'
Sometimes when you're not getting what you want in this game you have to shout a bit and throw a bit of a tantrum.
In any other sport an easier route to the final is your best route - but in this sport it isn't.
It's hard to win people's minds over. The only way to change their minds is to perform.
My career before I was main event I was always trying to steal the show and I feel I have a style that can be endearing to the boxing public. It's a style that allows me to box how I want to box.
I've been over to Germany, it is nice to box.
If you are very nervous, it is going to affect you and you start feeling tired or anxiety sets in.
I know what I'm worth, and I know boxing.
Boxing's a funny business and sometimes different fights come along at different times.
Brits love a road trip supporting a British fighter.
It is an individual sport and you don't get many opportunities to overturn dodgy decisions.
I know I am more than capable of beating Carl Froch.
There are plenty of massive fights out there for me, I know that, but the goals always going to become world champion.
I want to make my wife proud, I want to make my dad proud.
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