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"I know that if I am not at my best and I do not perform I will lose. I'm never over-confident. Over-confidence is a weakness because it stops you training as hard as you should. It has happened to fighters like Naseem Hamed and Lennox Lewis. Complacency beats fighters."
"Every time I hear the name Joe Louis, my nose starts to bleed."
"I used to say that I spent half my life breaking bones on the rugby field, then the other half putting them back together in the operating theatre."
"I have dreamt about this day for many years as a young kid coming through and it hasn't quite sunk in yet."
"I have loved my stay here, enjoyed the wildlife at the Mara and the weather in Mombasa with my family. The hospitality has been first class and am definitely looking forward to coming back sometime in the future... I learned two Swahili words: jambo (Hello!) and asante (Thank you!)."
"I am determined and focussed on overcoming this injury and hope to be back fitter and stronger than before."
"That was top football. It was all one touch, the ball was perfect into the player they were passing to and the first time finish with his right foot was great. Our philosophy is to play football like that and get the ball down and play fast one or two touch football."
"When Arsenal player Aaron Ramsey scores, someone famous dies."
"That boy is pure quality, and once he settles and starts scoring goals, he won't stop."
"I was a midfielder and I would have loved to have had what he has. He can defend, he can attack, he can score goals. You want more. He's young - another quality that I lost as well. He can still develop. When you see the development in him in the last two years, then why should he stop now?"
"If Arsenal are top, it's because (Ramsey) has been the best player at the start of the (2013/4) season. He has been terrific...the most consistent player in the premier league."