Carl Froch

“I'll never be able to replace the feeling of standing victorious in the ring, that's never going to happen again and I'm never going to fight again.”

“I've always been into sport, I watch all sport - I love golf, tennis, football and to me to box and have people in the arena cheering me on, I'll always miss that.”

“If Jermain Taylor was a bit fitter and he had a bit more steam in the tank towards the end, he might have survived and won on points, but he didn't have any energy left in the tank, because I sapped it out of him. I absolutely punched holes in him for the last three rounds.”

“The only thing I miss is the actual fight night and the feeling of winning. I can say this with my hand on my heart, there is no greater feeling than standing victorious in the ring or in the case of my last fight, a stadium.”

“I don't think there is anything more proud or glorious than standing in the arena as a fighter - that you've done it in on your own. That's why I love fighting.”

“I don't hype a fight to sell tickets.”

“I don't tell lies. I don't need to.”

“A three-month training camp writes you off, I wake up and I literally can't get out of bed.”

“When someone like Richard Branson goes up there and starts doing chartered flights... and you can look back on Earth and see the Earth's curvature, I'll believe the Earth is a globe.”

“I don't need to do that many weights but every now and then I do the bar, with 25-30 kilos on either side, which amounts to roughly probably my body weight. I lift this up above my head, then drop it and lift it up again.”

“If Mikkel Kessler thinks I'm going soft just because I'm a dad then he's the one who's gone soft in the head.”

“I can say, 'right, I will stop this kid in round five.' If I am good enough to do that then fair enough. I don't gamble but my brothers and my friends, they did quite well off it.”

“I don't talk for the sake of talking and I don't talk with a forked tongue.”

“I don't actually think boxing is a particularly dangerous sport, I wouldn't even put it in the top ten of dangerous sports, but that's only if you take it seriously. Whenever I stepped into the ring I was well hydrated, I was at the right weight and I was prepared. It wasn't a dangerous sport for me.”

“Some fighters had blinding speed and reflexes in their heyday but faded badly with age.”

“I always give Calzaghe credit. He was a great fighter, really tough, unbeaten in 46 fights. He's never, ever given me any props at all. And for that I'd love to punch him in the face really hard.”

“Audley Harrison is quite a soft, gentle guy. He gives it all the talk but, when he's in the ring, you can see he's scared to death.”

“Many top professional sportsmen from different sports see a psychologist.”

“I've been in the ring. I've fought in a title fight. I know what it is like to lose a fight. I know everything a fighter has been through.”

“I absolutely love boxing. I live and breathe it.”