Top 55 James DeGale Quotes

There were talks about going into the jungle, ‘Strictly’ and ‘Big Brother’ – and I’m a good dancer so I’d smash ‘Strictly.’

All I get on my Twitter is ‘Please fight Groves again’ and ‘Why won’t Froch take the fight?’ and ‘Get in the mix… ‘ But it’s just so hard to do that. I wish it were easy.

I’m a big Gooner, a die-hard.

It’s an unbelievable feeling. I’m world champ. I’m world champ! I made history.

Amateur boxing is like a game but you have to be spiteful as a pro. I’ve got that spiteful streak. I’ve always had it – just ask my mum and dad.

Al is loyal, a loyal guy. He has treated me extremely well and he likes that I have been loyal to him as well. He runs things but he has treated me extremely well. I speak to Al Haymon whenever I want. He is a mysterious guy but he is the main man. He is the most powerful man in boxing.

Groves is a fool. Groves is a fake. I will never let him belittle me like he’s done with Carl Froch.

Boxing is fantastic in the States.

I boxed for the British title in my ninth fight.

I’m not really a reader, but every Thursday and Friday I read my Boxing News. I read the papers every day, but I’m not really a book reader.

I’ve done it the hard way – first Olympic gold medallist from Great Britain to win a world title, the ‘road warrior.’ I love that tag because I do travel.

Badou Jack ain’t a trash-talker. He’s very respectful.

When I’ve made enough money so that my family never have to work again, I will retire.

When I won my world title people used to say I worked hard and that I was fit; now they say I’m a good fighter but I love a drink and a party!

I know what is best for me. Sometimes it’s nice that people care and want to help out, but look where listening to only myself and those close to me has got me.

Don’t let the good looks and the playboy image fool you. I’m very serious.

Listen, if anyone hits you on the chin you are probably going to get hurt.

I’m hard to beat when I’m at my best. I’m telling you, I’m hard to beat.

The right shoulder is vital, being the one with which the southpaw employs his fast, and very effective, jab, which remains the cornerstone of his work.

The fight with Groves is in the past.

I had a 180-degree tear around my shoulder, my AC joint needed stabilising and a tear in my rotator cuff.

I want to fight Andre Ward, Arthur Abraham, Gilberto Ramirez, I want to box the best.

I only want the big fights.

Don’t worry, everyone – I’m not going to be just this silly little idiot who thinks he’s ‘it,’ who has been to the Olympics, won a gold medal and come back thinking he’s ‘it.’ That isn’t me, trust me.

The worst thing is having to make weight before a fight. It’s hard to cut down.

Hit and move, that’s amateur boxing and that’s what I’m good at.

It’s been a successful and enjoyable career for most of the time. I’ve lived the dream and done everything in boxing but sometimes it feels like I don’t get the credit I deserve.

A lot of things I did were cringy. I look back at interviews, seeing the way I talked and the way I am, and it is embarrassing. I came back from the Olympics, I was shoved in the spotlight and I couldn’t cope that well.

I think once I win this fight against Andre Dirrell I will get a lot more respect.

I’d like to win the British belt outright.

I’m the Marmite of boxing.

I was 80-1 to win Olympic gold.

When I won the world title against Andre Dirrell, I was edgy and a bit scared that I didn’t want to lose, but you saw I was on my game.

Anthony Joshua has smashed it, he’s one of the biggest sportsmen in the world but when you talk about boxing careers I’ve done just as well as him.

I had something called Gilmore’s groin.

Lucian Bute had the world title for five years, he made nine defenses and he’s a good, good fighter. The fight before that, I beat Andre Dirrell, who comes from a good pedigree and is a hell of a southpaw. It just shows you the kind of fighter I am when I focus and do my job.

I said Lucian Bute is a world-class fighter.

I will be a world champion, I’m going to do it.

If I won another gold medal in 2012, in my home city, imagine that. To be the face of 2012, that’d be unbelievable.

I used to love tap, that was favourite, and a bit of street dancing. Ballet I tried to avoid.

I’ve been saying for years, Froch is an easy fight, chin’s up in the air, feet are all over the place, technically terrible. But he’s tough, he’s strong, he’s fit for 12 rounds, he comes on strong the last few rounds.

I’ve done everything, I’ve boxed at the Barclays Center in front of 15,000 people, I’ve been in a unification fight… I’ve done everything.

The only difference between me and Anthony Joshua is that he’s made more money. He’s a heavyweight and thats the blue ribbon division but that’s the only difference.

I could have ended up in a gang or in prison because Harlesden is real rough and I was always a naughty boy. That’s how I got into boxing.

I’ve got the ‘fat gene’ in my family, so I’ve always got to watch what I eat.

Boxing is a hard sport, I’ve been doing it for a long time since the age of 10.

A lot of greats from England have fought in New York. I remember when Naseem Hamed fought at Madison Square Garden against Kevin Kelley and knocked him out.

Dirrell is a very good opponent. He’s very talented. He’s hard to beat.

When I’m not preparing for a fight, I like to chill, go to the cinema and socialise with my mates.

Coming out of the Olympic Games, I was the golden boy and I got put up on a pedestal. I got stuff handed to me.

People think I’m tough and arrogant but I’ve got feelings.

I’m not good with jokes, no. I don’t know a joke at all. I like being told jokes, but I can’t tell one myself.

My whole career, all I’ve been building up to is winning a world title.

Against Dirrell I was thinking: ‘Hold up, he’s not as fast as me.’ I can hit him with my left hand. It’s a wonderful feeling.

I will take on any super middleweight in the world.