A biography for Chris Eubank Sr.hasn’t been written yet.
“The harshness of my upbringing did not affect me in the negative. But it has affected many people in the negative.”
“I'm not bankrupt of fun, life, my dignity, my character, my essence.”
“I shouldn't be called eccentric. I should be called a normal guy.”
“What can you say to someone like me? When you've got 19 world championship wins, it's almost like you're cursed because you're too good.”
“I am a sensitive, emotionally conditioned human being, and I have suffered racist abuse.”
“I was sensitive, I was emotionally intelligent.”
“Sometimes you can win by persevering, pushing and pressuring your competition.”
“It's the only thing that allowed me to win so many championship fights and allowed me to put up with the bigotry of the media, the keyboard warriors, the critics. I've endured it all because, spiritually, I am buoyant, alive.”
“I probably give 80% more to my children than my father gave to me and still it doesn't come up to scratch. I don't feel guilty about it. Do my children love me? I think that is self-evident. Will they have psychological scars? No, because they have a wonderful mummy.”
“Money's just a medium. I am extremely wealthy in all other regards.”
“Fortunately, I was technically skilled, so I didn't have to bludgeon people, I didn't have to batter them.”
“My father, who was illiterate, smoothed iron for Ford Dagenham and we'd get up at 5;30 A.M. to give him a jump-start. My mother was a nurse and part of the Windrush generation. Growing up in east London, we were financially poor, but rich in hope and dignity, and we were happy.”
“To be exceptional you have to be alone, that's the life of a warrior.”
“I beat many good fighters and many who were better than me and the reason I beat them was because I was persistent, I was willing to go through those pain barriers.”
“I've prospered because of my father. I know I'll never be his equal, but I've prospered because I've honoured my parents.”
“When someone has speed they throw four punches to your one, you cannot beat them.”
“Everything controversial is good for boxing.”
“Benn was brute force, wasn't he? But he found God when he was 40... and the only reason I beat him, was because I was brought up in the church. It teaches you to be calm to be objective and steady and the reasoning I used beat him - and he found it when he was 40. I didn't change anything: there is only one way, to be calm, gentle and true.”
“If you choose to do something that you know you cannot do, or that is going to be very difficult, then you are a fool!”
“Fighters who speak disparagingly about fighters from years gone by do us all a disservice. It is treacherous.”