James DeGale

“Against Dirrell I was thinking: 'Hold up, he's not as fast as me.' I can hit him with my left hand. It's a wonderful feeling.”

“I'm ready for the best in the world.”

“Boxing is a hard sport, I've been doing it for a long time since the age of 10.”

“Andre Dirrell is known to be a good fighter.”

“I'm a good boy, I eat up all my vegetables.”

“I'm a victim of my own success.”

“The fight with Groves is in the past.”

“In life most of us are only really good at one thing - and with me it's boxing.”

“I believe in myself and maybe people take that as cocky and flash but in this game you have to believe in yourself or you won't get anywhere.”

“Al is loyal, a loyal guy. He has treated me extremely well and he likes that I have been loyal to him as well. He runs things but he has treated me extremely well. I speak to Al Haymon whenever I want. He is a mysterious guy but he is the main man. He is the most powerful man in boxing.”

“Dirrell is a very good opponent. He's very talented. He's hard to beat.”

“We have had no bonuses for winning Olympic medals, I haven't even had a call from the ABA. I was on assisted performance funding, but I had that stopped.”

“It's been a successful and enjoyable career for most of the time. I've lived the dream and done everything in boxing but sometimes it feels like I don't get the credit I deserve.”

“I've been saying for years, Froch is an easy fight, chin's up in the air, feet are all over the place, technically terrible. But he's tough, he's strong, he's fit for 12 rounds, he comes on strong the last few rounds.”

“Anthony Joshua has smashed it, he's one of the biggest sportsmen in the world but when you talk about boxing careers I've done just as well as him.”

“I've done everything, I've boxed at the Barclays Center in front of 15,000 people, I've been in a unification fight... I've done everything.”

“I always said that I am all wrong for Froch. I have huge respect for him, but when we fight I am very confident in beating him.”

“I was fighting on PPV for British titles, making good money from pretty much day one, so how can people who I've never ever met before tell me that I've made wrong decisions in my career.”

“I love watching old fights. It's hard to watch the black-and-white footage, although I know about Randolph Turpin and people like that, but I'm talking about Hearns, Haggler, Leonard, those guys. Sugar Ray Leonard, he was way before his time, throwing bolos and all that, those big wind-up bolo shots.”

“I boxed for the British title in my ninth fight.”