I didn’t make the most of school, but boxing has given me discipline.
ANTHONY JOSHUAWhen 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.
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In boxing, it is about the obsession of getting the most from yourself: wanting to dominate the world like a hungry young lion.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Wherever you get to is better than where you started. To stay on the road is a massive achievement.
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I still feel I am that 14-year-old kid, hungry and trying to find a way through life. That’s what I’m trying to develop, trying to be good at something through boxing. But I feel like that young kid who’s trying and trying.
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People who do crime do it for reward. But you end up in jail – that’s no reward. Through crime, your ambitions are low.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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No matter how big and strong you are even Tyson said he was scared as hell walking to the ring. Everyone feels the pressure.
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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.
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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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Just set yourself a goal and try and stick to it. Because you’ll always end up better than where you started.
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