Tyson Fury Quotes

“All I care about is providing and living every day. I don't care about world titles, being a legend, or being a hero.”

“All my people are from Ireland. I was born in Manchester, but I am Irish.”

“Although I think of myself as the greatest heavyweight, I do respect the legends of the past for what they did. But they are not my heroes.”

“Any man who puts a pair of gloves on deserves respect because lots wouldn't dream of it. To get in there and go one-on-one, you need your hand shaking afterwards. Many men wouldn't get involved.”

“At the end of the day, we're all brothers and sisters in God. What people do is none of my business.”

“Boxing is a dying sport, really. Years ago, the world heavyweight champion could be said to have reached the highest pinnacle of sport. Even in this country, boxers were heroes. Think of Henry Cooper and Frank Bruno.”

“Every time I stray away from the Lord's word, I find emptiness and darkness.”

“Everything I've set out to do, I've achieved, and all the praise goes to God.”

“Everything is possible through God, and I'm living proof of that.”

“Foolish people follow the system, get caught up in media news, what the government wants you to believe and all the higher powers want you to believe, and go down the same path as all the sheep in the cattle market.”

“Goliath was a champion, a monster who had never been beaten, and then this young guy, David, came forward, a child who believed in God and did it.”

“Good will always prevail over evil. I see that in me versus Klitschko.”

“How many people have different opinions in this world? Every different person has a different opinion of what that bottle really is or what colour it is. If I say that bottle is clear, there will be someone out there telling me that bottle is green or blue.”

“I am fighting royalty. I have gypsy kings on both sides of the family.”

“I do like going to the movies, but I like eating tons of sweets and ice cream, so I can't go to the movies anymore.”

“I don't hate old men but listen when being spoken to.”

“I have a nice house, nice cars, nice watches, nice things. I've got money in the bank. I'm not in need of a few quid – as it stands. It's all irrelevant to me.”

“I have not met a man as tall as me who is as quick as me, ever.”

“I just need to count the rounds and count me money afterwards.”

“I pray for forgiveness. For help and guidance. To be a better person. For the health of my family. For the world to be a better place.”

“I think I need a psychiatrist because I do believe I am mentally disturbed in some way.”

“I will be dictated to by nobody. I'm the man. And if anyone can prove me wrong, their chance is inside a boxing ring. You don't like it, change the station.”

“I will become the greatest, because all travellers have to be able to adapt. That quality, adaptability, is essential to that way of life.

Not many boxers have it but I can adapt before a fight to the opponent, during the fight if necessary.”

“I'm a fighting man, a fighting man with generations of fighting men before me in my family. That's all we do: we fight.”

“I'm a gypsy: no education, no schooling, nothing. I don't care what people think of me. I don't care about being a hero, a role model, a champion.”

“I'm a unique fighter – one of a kind.”

“I'm looking forward to fighting Chisora, getting him out of the way, and then fighting Klitschko for all the belts, but I don't think Wladimir is going to take the fight.”

“I'm not a sexist. I believe if a man can to go work all his life, a woman can. Who am I to say, 'Don't do that because you're a girl?”

“I'm not even scared of the devil. If the devil confronted me, I'd confront him as well.”

“I'm not h*mophobic, I'm not racist. I'm not against any people. All I have for people is love.”