“I don’t see myself being in the sport a very long period of time, so I want to fight as much as possible.”

This is no game. You get up in there, and you take some punches. You risk your life, and then let me see you talk then. That’s why I don’t respect people who criticize fighters.

I am going to get world-wide recognition from whoever wants it, and whoever wants to challenge me.

When I am in the ring, all I think about is knocking my opponent’s head off, getting him out of there. Hurting him. Putting pain to him. I will have no mercy. I will have no pity.

You have to, as an individual, know how to tune that stage of your life that’s in the past out.

When one guy is doing good, it makes all the others want to achieve greatness.

I’m ready for Joseph Parker. The question is, is he ready for me?

My goal is to unify the division. Whoever’s got those belts, that’s who I want.

Every guy I touch, it’s the same result. When I land, it’s like seeing one of those preachers on TV. When I touch them, they fall out.

When you have a fighter willing to do that, when he is seriously hurt and in pain but still fights, you’ve got a dangerous man on your hands.

To make it in boxing, you must captivate the fans in America, too.

I will be that guy to change this sport, especially in the heavyweight division. A lot of people have lost interest. I’m the right man for the job… I want to make it bigger and better than it ever have been before.

I would love to go to England.

The British scene in boxing, not just the heavyweight division, is popping.

There is no bigger fight than Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder.

Boxing is my true calling. I’ve found my purpose in life.

I want to defend and put my title on the line as much as possible. If the top in the division are ready to try to come and take my belt – and the key word is ‘try’ – I’m ready to give them that opportunity.

How do you get off a non-stop flight?

Music gives the mind wings, flight to the imagination and life to everything.

Thoughts on a tapestry. Colour or black and white. A brush, a pen, A flash of light. Ideas flowing soon, about to take flight.

Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.

Life is a fight for territory and once you stop fighting for what you want, what you don’t want will automatically take over.

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.