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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

There’s so much pressure on becoming the next Muhammad Ali or Mike Tyson, and if you don’t achieve that in boxing, you’re nothing.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Achievement Goal Idol Yourself
I didn’t make the most of school, but boxing has given me discipline.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Discipline Myself School
The mental is more important than the physical. You know, that voice in your head telling you to give up if it gets tough. That’s my main opponent – making sure that if your body wants to stop, your mind won’t let you.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Body Give Up Head Important Mental Stop Voice Yourself
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
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
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
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
Wherever you get to is better than where you started. To stay on the road is a massive achievement.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Achievement Better Massive Road Start Stay Yourself
Cardio is a nice way to start the morning, man. Whether you sit on the bike for half an hour or throw on two jumpers and just sweat, it’s good to get up, get the body active, put on your headphones, and just pedal away.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Active Body Headphone Man Morning Start Time Yourself
In boxing, it is about the obsession of getting the most from yourself: wanting to dominate the world like a hungry young lion.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Domination Hungry Obsession World Young Yourself
I used to drink. I didn’t like reading, but I discovered the benefits of it. I read that Floyd Mayweather never drinks – and he is the blueprint for boxing.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Boxing Drink Myself Reading
People have built me up to be untouchable, unbeatable, invincible, and I’m not that. I am a man, and I am a winner, but that can change in a second.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Beat Build Change Myself Touch
Sleeping is like meditation: it’s good to rest the body but also to shut the mind down for a bit.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Body Meditation Mindset Sleep
I am nice, yeah. I’m cool. But I’m no push-over. And if someone gets one over on me, they’ve done it when my eyes were closed, and it doesn’t happen twice.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Attitude Character Eyes Myself
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
Prayer is a form of meditation, isn’t it? It’s laws of attraction: whatever you put out into the universe is what it receives. It’s just kind of putting your thoughts out into the universe.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Attraction Law Meditation Prayer Universe Yourself

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.

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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.

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