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Anthony Joshua

This is boxing, not tennis. Everyone likes a bit of rivalry, it makes for a good fight.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Fight Goodness Rival Sports
Prayer is a method practised from ancient days, so it’s very important for us to maintain a spiritual connection, something that people, gladiators would do years ago, so we’re just maintaining that routine.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Connection Important Maintain Practice Prayer Spiritual
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.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Children Myself Ring Sports
Just set yourself a goal and try and stick to it. Because you’ll always end up better than where you started.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Better End Goal Start Yourself
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.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Bad Goodness Inspirational Role Sports Try
As long as you have discipline, you can be a success. Discipline is what makes you do everything you need to do.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Discipline Need Success Yourself
America is the mecca of boxing, and they’ve had some great champions here. It’s good to establish your skills and let people know what you’re about in the States.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Boxing Establish Sports State Yourself
People who do crime do it for reward. But you end up in jail – that’s no reward. Through crime, your ambitions are low.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Ambition Crime End Low People Prison
The way I meditate is by being organised. I can get real Zen if I go home and tidy the front room.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Home Meditation Myself Organization Reality Room
I’ll get seven hours sleep a night, but after breakfast, I’ll have an hour just resting, to recover. In Spain they all have siestas, even businessmen.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Business Man Myself Night Recovery
I can be the nice family man at home, and then when I go to the gym, maybe sparring with someone, I switch into beast mode. It ain’t pretty.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Change Family Home Myself Personality Pretty Switch
The belt doesn’t represent me; it’s how you deal with people, how you represent yourself as a champion. The belt is a sign of a champion, but what makes a champion is the things I have just said.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Deal People Representation Thing Yourself
I was raised well. My parents are from Nigeria; their culture is respectful. Very respectful. But I learnt that you have to be determined. It’s not violence or aggression. It’s sheer determination.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Aggression Culture Determination Learning Myself Parents Raise Respect Violence
You’re confident, you’re going to the ring to fight, but there’s always that little thing where you’re thinking, ‘God.’ You’re nervous. But you have to embrace it and enjoy it.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Confidence Embrace Enjoyment Fight Ring Thinking Yourself
When you are caught with a big shot, you don’t really feel it. It’s like being in a car crash, and maybe your arm has been ripped off… it is only when you look down at it that you realise it has happened.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Feeling Realization Yourself
For me to have a cheeky little biscuit, it’s not going to hurt. But I need to control those indulgences. I can’t just be scoffing cakes and biscuits five nights a week.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Biscuit Control Food Myself Night

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