57 Quotes by Anthony Joshua

What makes a champion great is how he dethrones the guy before him. Look at Mike Tyson against Trevor Berbick and how he crushed him. You have to rip the title away from him.

You have to speak from a place where all is possible. When you speak from a place where there's limits, you've already set yourself up to fail.

There's this idea that because I'm a heavyweight, I'm not supposed to be in condition, that I should take advantage of the fact that I can eat. But I train and eat well, and it shows when I step on the scales.

Sportsmen just do what they do. I'm not trying to be a role model. If there's any inspiration people can take from me, take as much as you can - from my good and my bad.

People say of every opponent, 'When are you going to knock him out?' But I'm not like Mike Tyson, who came flying out of his corner. I'm much more composed. A guy is supposed to be durable, but then I start finding my range, and, well, it comes together. Boom.

People are paying to see me. You've got to give something back.

Ali was a legend of our sport. For me as a kid, he inspired me to represent myself like a champion in and out of the ring.

People who do crime do it for reward. But you end up in jail - that's no reward. Through crime, your ambitions are low.

Because I'm training so much, I always have a lot of energy. Once I've finished training, I come home and have some down time, and then I realise it's 12:30 A.M. and I should have been in bed 2 hours ago. That can get annoying.