Tyson Fury

“Boxing is a dying sport, really. Years ago, the world heavyweight champion could be said to have reached the highest pinnacle of sport. Even in this country, boxers were heroes. Think of Henry Cooper and Frank Bruno.”

“When my little son, Prince, had health issues as a baby, we were told that he had a 20 percent chance of survival.”

“All my people are from Ireland. I was born in Manchester, but I am Irish.”

“I set out in the beginning to be the heavyweight champion of the world. From a very young age, I was going to be the heavyweight champion of the world. Nothing else was a problem to me. That's what I'll finish doing.”

“I think I need a psychiatrist because I do believe I am mentally disturbed in some way.”

“There's lots of sins in this life. We're all sinners. If you don't believe in God and you don't believe in the scriptures, then we are on a different page.”

“A lot of my friends, when I was 14 or 15, they were all up and down, wanting to go out on a Friday night, and my dad had me working really late on Fridays and Saturday mornings and even on Sunday mornings. And when I'd finished all that, we used to spend the rest of the time talking about boxing.”

“I've challenged Cain Velasquez to a fight three times. He's a little boy who doesn't want to fight. He said no, live on TV.”

“I will become the greatest, because all travellers have to be able to adapt. That quality, adaptability, is essential to that way of life. Not many boxers have it but I can adapt before a fight to the opponent, during the fight if necessary.”

“Racism is a sign of ignorance, in my opinion. It's people who haven't been anywhere, haven't seen the world.”

“People can say what they want about me. But I've got a big heart and will keep going.”

“I don't hate old men but listen when being spoken to.”

“I've got an outspoken personality, which gets people thinking, and my style of fighting is aggressive. Everything's on the line all the time. In my fights, there's drama.”

“I'm a unique fighter - one of a kind.”

“I'm looking forward to fighting Chisora, getting him out of the way, and then fighting Klitschko for all the belts, but I don't think Wladimir is going to take the fight.”

“What personality does it take to drive a car around a track 100 times or hit a ball back and forth. That's not very personality is it?”

“I don't fight like Mike Tyson. I'm nothing at all like Mike Tyson. I'm out to build my own legacy and not live off anyone else's name.”

“You can take a man out of Ireland, but you can't take the Irishness out of the man.”

“Lennox Lewis is a hater of Tyson Fury.”

“I pray for forgiveness. For help and guidance. To be a better person. For the health of my family. For the world to be a better place.”