Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Naseem Hamed
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
As a father, you become more responsible.
I agree that some of my performances in America, apart from having drama and excitement, have been a little under my estimation for performance.
Yes, definitely, I've got so much belief in God, and I think that God's got so much belief in me.
I'm sure there are talented Arab fighters out there waiting to be discovered.
I love it when fighters are textbook.
I don't know what other fighters do, but when I get hit and go down, I smile and I say, 'I'm going to hit you harder than you hit me, and I'm going to knock you out.' The times I go down and get back up - that's when I'm the most dangerous.
I am excited by and impressed with Anthony Joshua, but Anthony has a long way to go. At first, I thought Anthony was similar to a Frank Bruno figure, but after a few fights, I realised he's nothing like Frank Bruno. He's very athletic.
I thought after that fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, if this was supposed to be fight of the decade, then people must be missing me a lot more.
There isn't a featherweight who can beat me.
In my eyes, I just can't be beaten.
My heart was bursting with pride the night I fought Steve Robinson in Wales, and I made the champion look like the challenger.
Thing is - I'm easily imitated, never duplicated.
In my life, my religion comes first, and obviously, my family comes second.
I want the chance to show Barrera and the world that I am a true champion.
I've won every title, and I've done everything in my division.
Ali could only fight a couple of ways. I can fight five or six different ways.
When I used to leave behind my wife and kids and go into training camp for nine weeks at a time, I felt it, especially if you're having young children and leaving them literally within weeks of them being born.
The Scottish public are a great public.
Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua? Styles make fights, and that would be a great clash of styles and a great clash of personalities.
When you are challenging for the world title, you've got to go into the lion's den to try and rip that belt away from the champion.
I just feel proud when they say in 'Forbes' magazine that the highest-paid athlete is a fighter.
There's no bigger fight on the planet than Prince Naseem and Marco Antonio Barrera. What's bigger than that? This will be the greatest fight in the history of the featherweight division.
I'm blessed with a gift from God. When you're blessed, you have an advantage. You know you're not going to get beat when you're fighting with a gift. You're fighting with something that God has given you.
I'm unbeatable and untouchable.
During my career, there were times we were inseparable, and I can honestly say that if it were not for Brendan Ingle, I would not have achieved all I did in the sport of boxing.
The core of my life is Islam, my religion. Without that, I have no strength, no belief in God or in myself.
With age, you become more humble, more wise.
My parents brought me up to speak the way I speak, to hold my head up high, to know wrong from right and to have manners.
No one can stand up to the extraordinary power of my fists.
That's what a true professional is - a true world champion, so to everybody out there listening, especially the fighters that want to fight me... they'll get knocked out, sparko.
I'm taught to adapt and exploit every situation in the ring.
When I was fighting, there was no boxing in Saudi Arabia because it was forbidden.
When you become a world champion and you defend your title for five or six years, and you have fifteen defences of your title, and you round up most of the other belts - and you feel you're the best of your generation at the time - nobody can take that away from you.
I may be born in the U.K., but nobody takes away from the fact that I'm an Arab, and I'm proud to be Arab.
My career was a gift that I'm very happy about. I loved every step of it. I was blessed. I won all the titles and put my stamp on the sport.
I don't see anything remotely like me in boxing, past or future.
Boxing has lost its glamour and excitement. I'm going to bring it back.
I am not into guys who powder-puff punch and run round the ring for 12 rounds. I'm into guys that want to shock the world with devastating power.
No, I've never been frightened before a fight.
I fall back on my faith; whatever happens, whatever goes wrong in your life, Muslims thank God because it could have gone worse.
Amir Khan is Amir Khan. He's a great fighter; he's got great attributes. But Prince Naseem brought something completely different to any other fighter in the whole world.
I'm not saying I'm Mr Goody Two Shoes. I'm not. But if you try to rough me up, I'm going to body-slam you. I'm going to do everything I have to do psychologically to tell you that you are not stronger than me.
I still look back at the days in the early '90s and think, 'Boy, that confidence just came out in me strong,' and it was fantastic, the drama and the entertainment I brought.
Who do you know, who could come out on a flying carpet? P. Diddy standing at the bottom, come out like a concert, dancing, oozing confidence, and then get in and take somebody out? Come on, do you know anybody in the history of the sport that did what Prince Naseem did? I ain't trying to brag, but I was bloody good at it.
Getting beaten is sometimes a good thing. If you're a positive person, you can turn it around and make it into a good thing.
I'm one of those very confident people who just forgets about fear and gives it to somebody else. I get into that ring, and I walk round, I hear my music, and then I start buzzing.
I lit up the Middle East when I lit up the world in the 1990s and gave people here something to be proud of.
It sounds so early - retiring at 28. But I don't feel it's that early for me. If you're blessed enough and you're gifted and you're lucky enough, and you've got a fortunate career, then you can take that step back. I'm just happy that I did it.
When I get knocked down, I'm going to get up and knock you down - and I'm going to hurt you.
I've got music in my head when I fight. I've got a certain rhythm, a certain way of fighting, a certain relaxation where I can let myself go.
I remember when Muhammad Ali got beaten the first time. I remember when Lennox Lewis got beaten the first time, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson. All of those were legendary fighters, and they came back, and that's what made them different - what they did after they got beat.
If it is written for me to lose, I'll lose with dignity and give credit.
I want to produce champions from Saudi Arabia and throughout the region.
I'm Yemeni, proud to be Yemeni. I'm public Yemeni number one!
GGG is a great fighter, but he hasn't got the ability that Kell has - Brook is the far superior boxer.
The fact is I have lost a fight, and I accept the loss from Allah. That's the way a real fighter and a real man goes out.
I could never say that fear really gets to me. I'm not one of those fighters like Nigel Benn who says, 'I thrive on fear.' I walk through fear.
Losing will make me a better fighter.
I could have brought Kevin Kelley to my own backyard and beat him up there. But I didn't want to do that. I wanted to come to his own backyard and bring him down in front of his own crowd, a place he loves.
I know there is not a featherweight out there who I couldn't beat.
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