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I realised that I could either fight and get into trouble on the street or I could fight and get paid in the ring. I chose the ring.

Anthony Joshua

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
You have to speak from a place where all is possible. When you speak from a place where there’s limits, you’ve already set yourself up to fail.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Place Possible Talk 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
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
From the neck up is where you win or lose the battle. It’s the art of war. You have to lock yourself in and strategise your mindset. That’s why boxers go to training camps: to shut down the noise and really zone in.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Art Battle Lose Training War Win Yourself Zone
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
Don’t worry about the title. Worry about what you’ve got to do today, tomorrow, the next day, and that title will be waiting for you.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Day Wait Worry Yourself
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 kind of focus on my own stuff, really, and then when people come into my territory, I’ve got to fight them away, and that’s what we do every time fight night happens.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Focus Kind Myself Night People Territory
People are paying to see me. You’ve got to give something back.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Pay People See 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
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
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
I don’t have a preferred religion – I’d have to do research. I was born a Christian, but as I’ve grown into my own man, I don’t attach myself to a religion – 100 per cent, I have faith. Then it’s locking into what suits me.
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Myself Religion Research Suit
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 realised that I could either fight and get into trouble on the street or I could fight and get paid in the ring. I chose the ring.

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I realised that I could either fight and get into trouble on the street or I could fight and get paid in the ring. I chose the ring.

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