David Haye

“People say, 'Where do you get your strength from?' Well, where does an ape get his strength from? They are 20 times stronger than humans, and they don't rely on a meat-based diet. They eat plants all day long. It's a myth that you need meat for strength.”

“I've had a lot of good nights, and ideally, I don't want to be remembered for a bad night.”

“I love watching reruns of 'Sex And The City.'”

“Boxing fans are a very cynical bunch.”

“I seem to get the best out of myself when the pressure's on. My senses are heightened. I feel sharper. I do better things.”

“You get these young kids who are training their whole life to go to the Olympics. To go there and not fight someone else like them but fight someone who has might won an Olympics before, been a world champion, and is just coming back to fight some kids, I think is insane.”

“The boxing public aren't interested in knowing me. They want to know The Hayemaker, the one who gives it big.”

“Muhammad Ali is my hero. Yes, he was the best boxer in the world, but he also put himself on the line. He talked when black Americans had to be quiet.”

“My punching power passes any other heavyweight.”

“Anything's possible if you set your heart on something, no matter how big and how crazy it seems.”

“I've been in the ring with the Bronze Bomber, Deontay Wilder. I've tasted his power, and he's tasted mine.”

“I want to have the same success in my acting career as I did in my boxing career.”

“Everybody wants me to finally close the curtain on the joke that is the Audley Harrison show.”

“Arturo Gatti-Micky Ward. Joe Frazier-Muhammad Ali. You get these rivalries in boxing - not that often, so when you do get them, why do you want to sanitise it?”

“Money talks at the end of the day.”

“You can't hit someone if they're holding on to you.”

“Whatever any boxer does in the ring, I don't think any reporter should call him a coward. Anyone who does that I lose complete respect for. There's a difference between being a coward and being scared, or apprehensive. Different fighters have got different mentalities.”

“I have the heart of lion.”

“I'm too fast, too sexy, and too talented to be blown away by a large, slow robot from the Ukraine.”

“I've got a really canny knack for avoiding big punches or clean punches.”