Top 55 Callum Smith Quotes

I’m a big believer that, if you’re good enough, then why wait around fighting a load of journeymen for a few years? If you’re good enough, then step up.

When I won the world title, I am not going to lie, it was an unbelievable feeling. It was like a weight off my shoulders, a goal I’d set myself for so long and one others had talked about. When I got there I realised how I am never satisfied and how I always want more.

My mum was always saying when we were kids: ‘If you don’t do you homework you’re not going to the gym.’ She was always a big believer in having something to fall back on.

Badou Jack is a puncher, but so am I.

Hassan N’Dam is a very good fighter, he’s very experienced and been around a long time. He’s got good footwork, very good movement.

I treat every camp the same. Every fight since my debut has always been a must-win.

I’d love to fight in America – Vegas – I’d love to fight at Anfield.

Before I beat Groves people were questioning whether I was good enough to beat him, and I was the underdog and that provides pressure. Now it’s the opposite; through beating Groves people expect me to go in and wipe opponents out.

Even with ex-fighters as judges, it doesn’t mean they can score a fight, you’d still end up with debate and opinion.

I don’t want to be forever rewinding the Groves fight because I want to have loads of others to watch too.

I was obsessed with the Turtles, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. There’s Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael and my dad used to call me Callemundo, saying you’re the fifth turtle.

I think he’s a special fighter, I’m a big Canelo fan, but I think he’s a special fighter at middleweight and I think a lot of his advantages he has at that level, he’ll lose when he steps up to super middleweight.

Sleepless nights I’m not a big fan of to be honest.

I want to bring a world title back to Liverpool and I would love to defend my world title in my own city.

As long as it was George Groves in the opposite corner with his world title, the date was irrelevant to me. I was prepared to wait as long as it took to get that fight for the world title.

Every time I step up I win so why not keep going.

When I was about 17 I was on the G.B. squad and that’s where I wanted to be. I went to the Commonwealth Games and got silver there, but the three years I was on the team it was London-this, London-that. It was all preparation for the Olympics.

I’m very thankful people have paid their hard-earned money to come out and watch me.

I have my own goals, standards and have my own pressure.

The ultimate goal for me is to be the world champion – it’s all I’ve wanted to do since I was a kid – so when the money that comes with it is life-changing, yes, that’s nice, but get The Ring magazine belt, being considered the world champion, is something money can’t buy.

Listen, I know how good I am, how good I can be.

It would clearly revolutionise boxing if we could have a tournament in every division.

I don’t know if I will ever be satisfied but I will keep going until hopefully I am.

Defeat is tough.

If you are not fighting and not training, it does have an effect on you no matter who you are.

I feel I am getting better and better, hitting harder and getting bigger.

Everyone aims to get close to me and I’ve got to learn how to be able to cope, and that’s what we work on all the time.

Any fight I feel pressure, just the same as the last one, the next one will be just as important.

There’s a lot of good fighters at 168 with or without Canelo, so I want to test myself against them.

No. 1 in the world is the ultimate goal for me.

A lot of people say I’ve got an old head on young shoulders and I think that’s because I’d been around boxing for a long time before I actually started doing it.

If I am still fighting at 35 I will be disappointed.

It’s never been Badou Jack or James DeGale that I want to fight, it’s the World title that I want; it doesn’t matter to me who it is.

We wear ‘Autism’ on our shorts to raise awareness and show support for other families dealing with autism.

I do believe when I put those little gloves on I can hurt anyone.

I’m a perfectionist and I always want to do the best as possible.

Training with the best fighters in the world and getting top coaching – I do feel it improved me a lot as a fighter.

I lost in the amateurs, losing a controversial fight that stopped me going to an Olympic Games – and it’s not a nice feeling.

I go to the gym, do my work, go home, switch off. It’s just the way I like it, to be honest.

I concentrate on myself and make sure the best version of me turns up, and if that’s the case, I believe I beat anyone in the world.

I’m proud to be British champion, and I’ll defend it until I can get a fight for a world title.

I just want to win, win well and look good doing it.

I believe 168 is my division and I’m willing to take on all-comers.

When we all retire it will be the happiest day of her life. She’s proud of what we’ve all done but she doesn’t enjoy it. Most mums of boxers only have one to worry about – but she’s got four.

Winning the World title is much more important to me than fighting Groves – but I do believe I have got the beating of him style-wise if it comes off.

I am thrilled to participate in the World Boxing Super Series, the Champions League of boxing.

When I am retired I will know how good I was.

You can be world champion, but ranked No 6 in the world, with there being four champions.

I don’t like watching long, 12-round fights, they’re boring.

This sport is so tough and fighters start out with the same goal but very, very few get to achieve it.

I’ve been there for every world title fight my family have been involved in. I’ve been there in the changing rooms. I’ve experienced the nerves – perhaps more when it’s not me and when it’s one of them.

I had a slow couple of years and people forgot about me.

I want the best names in the division. The fear brings out the best performance in myself.

It’s very rare in British boxing that you have two fighters who are both undefeated and who are both world champions.

I’ve got a height advantage over everyone but when they do get at me I can fight just as well inside.