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It takes a certain type of man to become a boxer, to fight for a living. To be able to have the confidence to hit another man, to control your fears. You must overcome the psychical aspect and believe in the art, the discipline of the sport. You need to study. You need to be smart.

It's hard to say I don't like being famous, but how I feel is that I don't see myself as that person. It baffles me that people would want a picture with me.

Anthony Joshua

Cardio is a nice way to start the morning, man. Whether you sit on the bike for half an hour or throw on two jumpers and just sweat, it's good to get up, get the body active, put on your headphones, and just pedal away.

Anthony Joshua

This is boxing, not tennis. Everyone likes a bit of rivalry, it makes for a good fight.

Anthony Joshua

People who do crime do it for reward. But you end up in jail - that's no reward. Through crime, your ambitions are low.

Anthony Joshua

Prayer is a form of meditation, isn't it? It's laws of attraction: whatever you put out into the universe is what it receives. It's just kind of putting your thoughts out into the universe.

Anthony Joshua

Ali was a legend of our sport. For me as a kid, he inspired me to represent myself like a champion in and out of the ring.

Anthony Joshua

Boxing is the embodiment of who I am, but beyond that, this is a journey of the self, and my obsession to get the most from this short life.

Anthony Joshua

You have to speak from a place where all is possible. When you speak from a place where there's limits, you've already set yourself up to fail.

Anthony Joshua

Cut your arms and legs off, and you're left with a trunk, which you need to be as strong as possible. It's easier to push over someone who is tall and skinny than someone short and stocky. That's why we work everything from the calves to the neck.

Anthony Joshua

It takes a certain type of man to become a boxer, to fight for a living. To be able to have the confidence to hit another man, to control your fears. You must overcome the psychical aspect and believe in the art, the discipline of the sport. You need to study. You need to be smart.

Anthony Joshua

There's this idea that because I'm a heavyweight, I'm not supposed to be in condition, that I should take advantage of the fact that I can eat. But I train and eat well, and it shows when I step on the scales.

Anthony Joshua

People are paying to see me. You've got to give something back.

Anthony Joshua

My mum and dad aren't together, but she plays a massive part in my life. We have deep conversations: I tell her where I need support, where I feel she's lacking, and I support her with whatever she needs. I understand she won't be here forever, and I want no regrets.

Anthony Joshua

I used to drink. I didn't like reading, but I discovered the benefits of it. I read that Floyd Mayweather never drinks - and he is the blueprint for boxing.

Anthony Joshua

Religion is supposed to be a positive thing when you look at the true religions around the world, not the fundamentalists. You always have to go with what your spirit tells you, not what people advise you. I'm a man that will always follow my own path.

Anthony Joshua

I became so disciplined when I was on tag. I would be at home by eight o'clock, and because I had boxing, I lived the disciplined life. I started reading because I learnt that so many champions educated themselves. Joe Louis, Mike Tyson, Bernard Hopkins. Before, it was 'act now, think later' - but the discipline and reading changed me.

Anthony Joshua

Boxing's a sport that gives you licence to act like an idiot, I think.

Anthony Joshua

People say of every opponent, 'When are you going to knock him out?' But I'm not like Mike Tyson, who came flying out of his corner. I'm much more composed. A guy is supposed to be durable, but then I start finding my range, and, well, it comes together. Boom.

Anthony Joshua

Sleeping is like meditation: it's good to rest the body but also to shut the mind down for a bit.

Anthony Joshua

The way I meditate is by being organised. I can get real Zen if I go home and tidy the front room.

Anthony Joshua

Am I feminist? I don't know. I'm not really sure what that is. I am all up for equality to a certain extent, although in the home, I do feel this is where the mother excels and the man needs to step back a bit. My family is from Nigeria, and this is our culture.

Anthony Joshua

There's so much pressure on becoming the next Muhammad Ali or Mike Tyson, and if you don't achieve that in boxing, you're nothing.

Anthony Joshua

Don't worry about the title. Worry about what you've got to do today, tomorrow, the next day, and that title will be waiting for you.

Anthony Joshua

I am nice, yeah. I'm cool. But I'm no push-over. And if someone gets one over on me, they've done it when my eyes were closed, and it doesn't happen twice.

Anthony Joshua

No matter how big and strong you are... even Tyson said he was scared as hell walking to the ring. Everyone feels the pressure.

Anthony Joshua

I know every fight could be my last fight, and if that happens, that's not just a health issue, but I'll be knocked off that king's stool.

Anthony Joshua

I don't have a preferred religion - I'd have to do research. I was born a Christian, but as I've grown into my own man, I don't attach myself to a religion - 100 per cent, I have faith. Then it's locking into what suits me.

Anthony Joshua

The mental is more important than the physical. You know, that voice in your head telling you to give up if it gets tough. That's my main opponent - making sure that if your body wants to stop, your mind won't let you.

Anthony Joshua

I still feel I am that 14-year-old kid, hungry and trying to find a way through life. That's what I'm trying to develop, trying to be good at something through boxing. But I feel like that young kid who's trying and trying.

Anthony Joshua

In boxing, it is about the obsession of getting the most from yourself: wanting to dominate the world like a hungry young lion.

Anthony Joshua