Top 50 Kell Brook Quotes

When you are the champion, you are there to be shot at. It doesn’t bother me what people say.

I will fight anyone, what the fans want, where the money is.

I know I’ve been out for a while and but I’m not going to talk about ring rust or use it as an excuse. That’s nothing to me. Sugar Ray Leonard was out of the ring for years and he beat Hagler.

I wouldn’t be boxing if I wasn’t given the all-clear by the doctors, I wouldn’t put my family or myself through that.

I’ve had X-rays on both eyes, the bone has grown back and I have plates over each one, so I’m like a Terminator now and ready to walk through walls.

Why would I fear Golovkin when I have stared death in the face?

I can’t really explain how high the feeling was winning that world title in California with my family watching me.

But I am a big welterweight so I can see why people think that I would look to move up the weights.

I know I’ve cut corners in every single fight I’ve had because I’ve used my ability to get through.

I believe in God, Almighty. I’m a Christian.

I’ve gone from the top of the world to the bottom of the ocean.

I saw Bob Arum out in America, I saw him walking through the lobby in the MGM Grand. I basically went over and said: ‘You’re running out of opponents for Crawford and I’m the guy to beat him. I’m here.’ I saw Terence Crawford, he said he was ready for it, so everybody is on the same page. Everyone wants to make the fight.

Dominic Ingle has seen me probably from 9 years old coming through. He was watching from the outside.

I’m a world champion, I’ve beaten everyone I’ve been in with and I want to test myself.

I’d like a big fight in America, it would cap off my career in a great way.

I did speak to a counsellor after hitting rock bottom. It really did help, talking to somebody that didn’t know me and just pouring my heart out to them in a few sessions.

Bruce Lee was my inspiration when I was growing up and I used to watch ‘Enter The Dragon.’ No one could sit me still and I was non-stop hyperactive doing karate moves in the house.

I want bigger fights. Amir Khan doesn’t want to listen to me. Why? It’s getting boring.

I’m a young lion and I believe I can be one of the greats.

Golovkin and Errol Spence are no dumplings, but even losing to those guys is hard to take.

People are right to question what I’ve got left and how I am going to be after the injuries and defeats.

This has been a dream of mine since I was a kid… I’m passionate about being a world champion, believe me.

I’m going to get better and better. You never stop learning in this game.

Listen, people that know me, know I’ve got a lion heart.

The toughest time was lying in a Tenerife hospital with no-one speaking English, next to a window with the sun beating down and my leg tied up, thinking I would never box again or even walk again. It took every bit of shine off winning the world title.

Amir Khan is a very good fighter, but he has been knocked out a few times when he has stepped up.

It’s a beautiful sport, boxing, when you’re winning and everything is going well but when you hit the lows it really upsets you.

I’ve got all the attributes. I’ve got the sharpness. I’ve got everything you need to be a top fighter.

I’m more vicious in sparring when I am around 160 pounds or coming down from heavier than that.

I’m going to show the world that I’m the best welterweight on the planet and I’m going to do it right before my people’s eyes.

I’m actually a mummy’s boy.

People go on about weight. Mike Tyson wasn’t the biggest heavyweight and he was an animal.

I want to go down, like my hero Sugar Ray Robinson, in history.

You need to be a complete fighter – the heart, the chin, the toughness. You’ve got to have it all.

If I can’t beat DeLuca, how can I say I want to fight the elite of the sport, rematch Errol Spence or fight Terence Crawford? There’s no point and I don’t have the right to call for world titles. No – I have to win.

I’m not usually a drinker.

I’m scared of heights, but for my 30th birthday I’m going to try and get someone to kick me out of a plane and do a parachute jump.

Once I’ve got my legs under me and I’m fit and healthy, I’m a hard, hard man to beat.

I’ve never been satisfied winning one world title.

I trust the team around me to guide my career in the right direction, I just do the fighting.

Timing beats speed and I’m very strong at my weight.

It’s a short-lived career and I think I am in my prime now. I’m 34-0 and I want to go to 35-0 in spectacular fashion, and then the world is my oyster.

People have seen I’ve got a big heart in there and I’m willing to fight with the biggest punchers.

When I was drinking I was thinking I was having a good time but it came back twice as bad, the depression. It was just a vicious circle – drinking, not caring about myself – and it gave me a bad low.

I am going to go after the big names in America and the fights all the fans want.

If someone said to me you can get five million quid, a world title, fight at Wembley with a fight that every fan wants to see, it’s a no-brainer for me.

Boxers put themselves on the line, they put their lives at risk, so it’s up to the boxers to make sure they are healthy and sharp because we are giving the public what they want to see.

If I lose to DeLuca I will announce my retirement in the ring after.

When you win everything is great but when you’re losing nobody wants to know you – except for the people that really love you.

Who knows how long I have got left. I could be like Bernard Hopkins.