Top 45 Joseph Parker Quotes

If you have goals or aims in life, write them down. If you look at your goals every day, then it will encourage you to try your best in all you do, be focused, and stay determined.

I know I’m always ready when I jump into the ring.

I know that there is failure, but if you’re prepared, you can accept whatever happens in the ring.

It would be an honour to knock out Botha.

I know if I train hard, focus, I can beat anyone out there.

In boxing, there are lot of things that happen where they try to slow down the process and try to get to the other team, trying to get into our heads.

It’s a quality you need to be a world champion; you have to have that killer instinct.

What I need to do is relax, take my time, and make my shots count. That will give me more energy later in the fights but also allow me to throw the punches harder.

I want to fight the best Anthony Joshua there is.

It feels good that people believe in my ability, but you’ve just got to stay focused, keep your feet on the ground, and do the job and do the hard work in the gym.

I feel like the guitar playing gives me rhythm with my punches – really helps to change up my jab.

A lot of people might say, ‘He must be seeing this person because he has problems,’ but actually, the truth is it’s a strength to realise you’re doing things wrong… and it’s a strength to get help.

It’s a very important part of my life: parents and church – and your surroundings.

You’ve got to be humble; you’ve got to be nice to everyone. But when you’re in the ring, that’s the time to let your fists do the talking, and that’s the time for action.

I have to take my time, use my punches, and use the ring.

When you take a break from something you love doing, you just feel like it’s time to get back into it; you feel like you’ve been missing out on something.

What’s the point in changing your team? I believe in my team.

My views on piracy and illegal streaming are I think it’s illegal for a reason, and I feel like there’s a lot of people working hard behind the scenes to get the fights going and showing things on TV.

I believe it when I say I can beat anyone if I have a great training camp.

When I’m not boxing, I play instruments.

It’s important to pursue the career that we want and the titles that we want to get, but there’s family time.

Right next to my bedroom, Dad made a chin-up bar with a rowing machine and a treadmill. From there, as years went by, we were able to get a bit of funding, and Dad got all these people involved and built a gym at home.

I can get to a point where I get pretty chiselled.

I realise now that a lot of the things I was doing weren’t helping me to get to the goal I want to achieve – to become the champion of the world.

My motivation is being unified heavyweight champion of the world, making New Zealand and my family proud.

Everyone doubted I could go 10 rounds because my fights have stopped early. But I knew I could because of the work I’d done in the gym.

If I win, great, and I’ll move on, and that’s my goal, obviously, is to win. If I do lose, I have to accept it, and I have to get back out there, train hard, and just move on. It’s not the end of the world.

I don’t ever want to be a punch drunk.

I think some fighters, when they throw a punch and throw everything they have, and it doesn’t affect the other person, it might crush them a bit.

Know that the power comes from within: when you are tired, or you want to give up, dig deep. Dig deep for whatever reason – in boxing, in sport, in life.

If I train hard and have a great training camp, and I’m as prepared as I can be, I can take any heavyweight in the world.

That takes it out of you, throwing too many punches.

We have a great set-up in Las Vegas. I love being in Vegas; all our camps will be in Vegas. We are just going to spend more time in the U.K. in terms of fighting. But New Zealand will still be home for me.

I believe that every fight we’ve had is a big fight, and every fight we’ve had is a fight where I’ve learned a lot of things in the ring, I learn about myself, and it’s sort of pushed me to know where I can go.

I play guitar, I jam on the piano, drums, and even the triangle.

As a father, you want to protect, but I also want to prepare her for when she grows up, so I want to be a great example as a dad.

I think the boxing game is supposed to be a gentleman’s sport.

My punches are crisp, powerful, and sharp.

It was a good experience for me to be in the same camp as Minto when he was preparing for Shane Cameron, to see the weaknesses and strengths he brings.

Without the help of my parents, the roles they played, I wouldn’t be in this situation. I wouldn’t be fighting for the world title.

Music is a great part of my life. It helps me relax and keep calm whenever I am not boxing.

There’s nothing like getting in the ring.

I’m getting more confident in what I can do in the ring, and that just comes with hard work and training.

Different refs judge fights differently.

I love to read and learn.