Top 50 Chris Eubank Sr. Quotes

I failed my HGV licence three times.

You see, there are many types of wealth and money is only one of them. I have different wealths, like the wealth of my health.

Money’s just a medium. I am extremely wealthy in all other regards.

I am benevolent.

One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.

I was a speed freak once. I had an Aston Martin when I first made it big and I used to take it to its limits. I once drove from Lewes to London in 45 minutes – mad.

I’ve prospered because of my father. I know I’ll never be his equal, but I’ve prospered because I’ve honoured my parents.

The only thing I have to do in this life is stay black and die. No one can force me to do anything.

I want to jump into rivers off of high ridges when I’m 75.

To be exceptional you have to be alone, that’s the life of a warrior.

I tell my children, look at what your father did, you can do anything you want.

My objective as a mentor, as a father, as a manager and as a former participant of the great game of boxing is to protect mine, but also the opponent. Especially if I can see things which I have experienced before.

I see myself as a martial artist. I’m a creative fighter. It’s not about hitting the guy and hurting him, it’s about scoring points, with grace.

I’ve tasted the bitter beatings.

What can you say to someone like me? When you’ve got 19 world championship wins, it’s almost like you’re cursed because you’re too good.

I moved to New York aged 16, and worked part-time in a Korean store in South Bronx selling groceries, bread and confectionery. I earned $10 and it was painful because I didn’t want to be there. I also worked in Debenhams as a kid, and a Wimpy in Brighton when I was 20.

DeGale has the pedigree that is spoken about in terms of gold medallists and former world champions.

The feeling between two fighters is profound. We go places where normal people don’t go. You smell a man’s blood, it smells like rust. You get into a clench, you feel his strength, you feel his desperation, he feels yours. You’re sharing this.

The first martial art my son learnt aged around ten was jiu-jitsu so he can already wrestle. I’d have no concerns about Christopher boxing someone from MMA.

A lot of people think my head is flat.

When I say my family suffered for my anti-war protesting, one of the many fallouts was having to send my two sons to America because I couldn’t keep control of them when the divorce happened… there are consequences for your actions.

I’m a good man and a bad fighter… I’ve got the gladiator in me.

I probably give 80% more to my children than my father gave to me and still it doesn’t come up to scratch. I don’t feel guilty about it. Do my children love me? I think that is self-evident. Will they have psychological scars? No, because they have a wonderful mummy.

I’ve always been a giving man; it doesn’t cost me anything and it’s a pleasure to give what I know.

When I was 11 my school held a sports day near Crystal Palace. We were told we were going to play a rugby match. The ball was eventually passed to me and I was obviously expected to run with it. I took one look at all these players charging towards me, placed the ball on the ground and walked off the pitch.

Everything controversial is good for boxing.

There are certain things you must not say in spite of the fact that supposedly democracy means free speech. No. You are not allowed free speech. If you speak freely, you are then deemed as I was, to be a subversive.

Most of the planet is covered with water, so there must be a clue to its worth in that fact.

Bankruptcy, divorce, these are feathers in my cap, I suppose. I have a wisdom which has been born from these things.

There’s a correct way to succeed. The incorrect way is to do things incorrectly.

I’m not bankrupt of fun, life, my dignity, my character, my essence.

Boxing is a mug’s game.

If you don’t produce the goods, you’re very quickly forgotten.

I’m not bankrupt of effervescence. I’m not bankrupt of craic.

Yes, I have spent. I have lived and had accidents. It’s all part of life’s wonderful experience.

Fighters who speak disparagingly about fighters from years gone by do us all a disservice. It is treacherous.

My father, who was illiterate, smoothed iron for Ford Dagenham and we’d get up at 5;30 A.M. to give him a jump-start. My mother was a nurse and part of the Windrush generation. Growing up in east London, we were financially poor, but rich in hope and dignity, and we were happy.

I am not a conventional man.

Solitude is the companion of warriors.

For lunch I like corned beef, white rice and fried onions, which I’ve eaten for as long as I can remember. My father used to make it; now, no one does it like me.

I was sensitive, I was emotionally intelligent.

At 19, I decided to turn professional and accepted my first fight for $250 at the Atlantis Hotel, Atlantic City, on October 3 1985. It set up my whole career and life.

I am a strong father.

My mother imparted on me that I must be a good custodian of my father’s name and that is what I ask of my children. One should conduct themselves in the correct manner, respect one’s elders and do the right thing.

I am not a meathead.

Geezers might say, ‘I wouldn’t wear make-up even if I was going on TV,’ but why not? You’ll look better. I can most frankly be called a geezer – I’ve earned the right to be called a geezer, a proper stand-up guy, that kind of thing – and if I can wear make-up, so can you.’

Every fighter has a duty to boxing to not bring themselves or the sport into disrepute by foul language or behaviour so that boxing can be seen as a gentleman’s sport.

I don’t drink in public. I don’t swear on TV. All I want is for people to say Chris Eubank is an all-right guy.

If your image is going out to people, you have a duty to make it the best it can be. That’s why I always wear make-up on camera.

I think a great deal of my son, I love my son. The things I do are unthinkable. I do them because he even though he can’t see the pain on my side, I still give and give for what? So he can have a better future.