Nigel Benn

“I look at Mike Tyson as a fighter. He don't go out there to play. He goes out there to hurt because he's in the hurt game. That's what I like about him.”

“I was a disappointment to my parents before I drew my first breath. After five boys, they had been praying for a girl and were convinced their prayers would be answered. So when Dad rang the hospital from a public phone and heard about my arrival, he started kicking and punching the kiosk.”

“No fame, no fortune, no world titles - they all mean absolutely nothing compared to knowing Jesus. Because winning world titles ain't going to get me into heaven.”

“I cheated on my wife for years. Had children with different mothers.”

“I had to join the army, because I knew I would be inside or dead otherwise. I needed someone to channel my anger and it worked for me. It was a wake up call and I never looked back.”

“I fought Chris Eubank for the second time because it was the fight the public wanted to see, and there were 47,000 who turned up at Old Trafford. We packed them in because people knew we gave 100 per cent.”

“My goal in boxing was to be Southern Area champion, might have a shot at the British, might own my own terraced house like my dad. That was my vision.”

“I'm passing the baton on son, you go run with it.”

“I served 18 months in Northern Ireland and that was very scary. I remember when we were told do you want the good news or the bad news first. We wanted the good news - we're going to Cyprus. The bad news? We're going to Northern Ireland first. All the black blokes looked at each other and thought, 'that's really funny.'”

“I think talking about things that have happened in my life gives people an opportunity in many respects.”

“I had people telling me I was great and women throwing themselves at me and I got caught up in that life. At school all I'd hear was - 'you're not going to make anything of yourself' - and suddenly I was up there thinking: 'look where I am. Look where I am!' You're not in the real world.”

“We didn't have dietitians, or strength and conditioning coaches.”

“In finding God and delivering his message I get more joy now than I ever did when I was boxing.”

“Wilder is like a windmill, he's rubbish, he's one of the worst boxers going.”

“My dad was faithful to my mother. I had a good role model.”

“I turned to God but for a while I wasn't doing it properly.”

“Conor showed that he has got all of me in him and then some.”

“I was in a dark place for so many years. There was no joy.”

“If it hadn't been for my family, I would have been holding up banks and everything.”

“Where I grew up if I swore my dad would knock it out of me. You just never swore.”