Nigel Benn

“My life is only getting better and better.”

“If you watch Mayweather, he gets caught early, as he did with Shane Mosley. But what Mayweather does, is that he just dusts himself down and says 'let's change this.'”

“The best time of my life was living at my mum and dad's and watching things on television like 'Saturday Night at the London Palladium with Max Bygraves.' We used to have bread, put butter on it with sugar and put it under the grill. That was our treat.”

“If I thought I was going to lose I wouldn't be in boxing.”

“I am just glad my son is going to be better than me, in boxing or life in general.”

“What I went through has allowed me to help other people save their marriages.”

“Boxing wasn't taking me to the darkest places in my life. No. The fights were the easy part because it took my mind away from self-destruction. When I came out of the ring I had to deal with the real world. Fighting was my escape.”

“I never had any peace in my career, absolutely none.”

“No one ever really taught me anything. I am not being disrespectful to my trainers but they just wanted me to go out there and 'get em Nige.'”

“He is a loudmouth who cannot fight and has made a good living by criticising me. I want to shut Eubank's mouth forever.”

“A lot of things I've done wrong I apologised for.”

“I don't mean any disrespect, but being world champion hasn't made me happy.”

“When I lost to Michael Watson, I cried. I thought the world was on my shoulders and I broke down. But I came back because I wanted my titles.”

“I had a lot of issues in my life after my brother died in 1972, that I carried through to my adult life.”

“Forget about age. If you watch how I train, it's not about age.”

“I trust Eddie Hearn with my son.”

“I remember Conor saying to me when he was a young boy: 'I'm never going to be like you, dad.' And I said: 'Thank you, son.' And I hope he doesn't end up like I did.”

“When I was making a comeback we were talking to Roy Jones but he wasn't having any of it.”

“For me, it was the Army or prison. I wanted to make something of myself. The Army gave me that determination, the will to win.”

“I knew at once that Carolyne, my wife, was different to the other women I had known. She understood me for what I am and never asked for anything. We've been through terrible times, but she has always been there for me. Life would be meaningless without her.”