Top 106 Quotes & Sayings by Tony Bellew - Page 2

I've earned every single thing that I've got.

This World Boxing Super Series has been a breath of fresh air.

I am not a heavy drinker, I've never taken a drug in my life, but I am prone to a pizza.

I had a headache for four days after the first Haye fight. I didn't tell anyone, I just went to bed and thought it would go. But for four days it remained. Then I got my brain scan before the second fight, and I was worried when I went for it.

Some people have asked me do you think I got David Haye at the right time, but nobody said it was the right time when he weighed in with a six-pack, looking fantastic.

I don't claim to be the best boxer in the world. What I claim to do is give 100% when I get in that ring.

You'll never see me go into a fight and struggle to get up for it. I understand first and foremost what's at stake.

That's the thing with me: I'm never satisfied.

When I'm training, I don't think about anything else.

I like hurting people.

Anthony Joshua is a friend of mine, and I've got a lot of time for him... I would never put his name out there.

I knew about boxing, as my dad could fight. He had a successful security firm in Liverpool, and I'd see him come back from a jog before shadow boxing in the back yard. I'd watch and replicate what he was doing, as kids do. It's funny how things turn out.

Some say I'm arrogant, some say I'm deluded.

I guess it's rare, but even though I come from a broken home, I still believe I have the most amazing father.

Boxing is all about timing. And if you take long periods of inactivity, you will be made to pay the price.

I can sell a fight, make no mistake.

People can dress it up however they want to, but boxing is life and death.

At age 68, I expect to be strapped to the couch with the remote control like Jim Royle.

I could also lose to lesser fighters than David Haye, based on the fact that styles make fights.

I love the sound of a Tyson Fury fight.

I am going to smash B.J. Flores to bits and be the first man stop him.

When I say something, I mean it.

I just struggle with the fame thing and people thinking I'm something I'm not. I'll always struggle with that until the day I die, I think.

I was hoping David Haye would beat the fight out of me in the second fight.

In the build-up to a fight, I am scared, and I do worry about myself. But once I step into that arena, that worry has gone. A switch gets flicked, and I want to do damage. All I care about is doing damage as fast as possible.

I know what I am getting into with heavyweights. Not one of them can dictate against me because, firstly, they don't have feet fast enough. Secondly, while there are far better athletes and stronger fighters than me, even some who are quicker, they don't have the ring IQ I have. It allows me to dictate.

What people have to realise is that it's not the fights that are really hard; it is the training camps. It's living away from home for 12 weeks. It's sparring with guys who are told they will get £1,000 cash if they can drop me.

As a heavyweight, I've not missed dieting. Those days where you're sore or tired, it makes me feel happy to know I can eat a bar of chocolate.

I want people to remember me when I retire as a fighter who would fight anyone - that Tony Bellew was scared of no one. I'm happy with that. Anything more is a bonus.

Anyone can lose a fight. That doesn't bother me. But the shame that comes afterwards is unbearable.

I love 'Rambo.'

No matter what happens, I'll never be the greatest cruiserweight. That title belongs to Holyfield.

I've got a horrible bastard side. I get to let it go every time I go in the gym.

Just because I beat David Haye doesn't make me a great fighter. I'm still the same fighter that I was.

People wonder why I dislike my opponents. It's not personal or that I hate them: it's just that I know what I've had to sacrifice to face them.

I'm happy for people to rate and rank me as they want, but it will never come from my mind.

I like the thought of gaining revenge over WBC light-heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson, who beat me in 2013.

Do I beat a fully fledged, fully fit Tyson Fury? Probably not. But do I beat a Tyson Fury that's been out of the ring for two years? Yes.

The Isaac Chilemba fight was draining.

The one place in the world where I can feel like I'm completely in control, at home, is in a ring.

I'm crap and a fatty.

If I can get David Haye , he will sink, one hundred per cent!

I'm the little fat cruiser weight, write me off at your peril.

The difference between me and David Haye is that I want to be a fighter, he hates it, but he has to fight, remember that.

[David Haye] is the biggest diva that boxing has ever seen, I could not believe the demands.

All these stipulations, I'm surprised [David Haye ] didn't ask me to carry him to that seat. The demands are unbelievable, my demands were let me pick my own gloves.