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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

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
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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Ambition Crime End Low People Prison
I know every fight could be my last fight, and if that happens, that’s not just a health issue, but I’ll be knocked off that king’s stool.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Fight Health Issues King 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.
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Aggression Culture Determination Learning Myself Parents Raise Respect Violence
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.
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Art Battle Lose Training War Win Yourself Zone
Boxing’s a sport that gives you licence to act like an idiot, I think.
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Boxing License Myself Sports Thinking
I want it all: I want the attention and live for the glory nights.
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Attention Glory Live Myself Night
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
I think towards the end of my career, I’m the man. But right now, I’ve still got that underdog mentality to keep on proving myself time and again. I’m not going to believe the hype.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Believe Career Man Mental Myself Thinking Time
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
There’s this idea that because I’m a heavyweight, I’m not supposed to be in condition, that I should take advantage of the fact that I can eat. But I train and eat well, and it shows when I step on the scales.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Advantage Condition Ideas Myself Scale Suppose Training
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.
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Discipline Myself School
Boxing is the embodiment of who I am, but beyond that, this is a journey of the self, and my obsession to get the most from this short life.
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Beyond Box Life Myself Obsession Short
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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Choice Fight Myself Pay Realization Ring
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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Body Give Up Head Important Mental Stop Voice 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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