172 Quotes by Joe Calzaghe

I want to prove that I'm not just the best super middleweight in the world but the best pound-for-pound.

Fighters never realise when it is time to walk away. They can't leave the buzz and adoration that surrounds being champion.

You ask all the super-middleweights: Who is the best fighter in Britain? If I came back, it would be me.

My father was a cocky, long-haired musician, a songwriter.

It's one of the biggest disappointments of my boxing career, not going to the Olympics.

I appreciate what I've achieved, and nearly all of that is because of my dad. He pushed me to train harder than I would have done if he wasn't there to discipline me.

My mum is the opposite of my dad. She's a very private person, very shy and totally against boxing. She never watched any of my fights live. She hated me doing it.

I was born in London but brought up in Wales from the age of two.

Having been a fighter for 25 years, I know how to handle the fear. The fear is there, but I use it to motivate me.