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Prayer is a method practised from ancient days, so it’s very important for us to maintain a spiritual connection, something that people, gladiators would do years ago, so we’re just maintaining that routine.

Anthony Joshua

This is boxing, not tennis. Everyone likes a bit of rivalry, it makes for a good fight.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Fight Goodness Rival Sports
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
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 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

Choice Fight Myself Pay Realization Ring
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
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.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Children Development Feeling Goodness Hungry Life Myself Young
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
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
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
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.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Ambition Crime End Low People Prison
I didn’t make the most of school, but boxing has given me discipline.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Discipline Myself School
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
It’s not so much about conquering Madison Square Garden or Vegas. The opponents who I fight will take me all around different venues and arenas. I need to conquer opponents.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Fight Myself Need Opponent Rival
There are two types of warriors: the one that rides through on his horse and tries to slay everyone, and the sniper. I try to be more like the sniper. Bang. Bang. Bang. Break them down, shot by shot.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Break Myself Shoot Type Warrior
What makes a champion great is how he dethrones the guy before him. Look at Mike Tyson against Trevor Berbick and how he crushed him. You have to rip the title away from him.
ANTHONY JOSHUA

Crush Greatness Man Yourself

Prayer is a method practised from ancient days, so it’s very important for us to maintain a spiritual connection, something that people, gladiators would do years ago, so we’re just maintaining that routine.

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