From a young age, I was told boxing was not a career option. My dad told me there were other ways to make a living in sport without taking punches to the head. But eventually, curiosity got the better of me. I needed to find out what the big deal was.
Fear isn't in my vocabulary in terms of how I approach a fight.
After a two-hour session in the gym, you can't then go out and be up for looking for trouble, you just want to eat and sleep.
Was there any danger I could have gone down a different path were it not for boxing? Of course.
My dad is a showman, he likes to be in the centre of everything.
I don't fear no man. I've had everything done to me.
Not having a trainer is basically just giving an edge to my opponent, and I'm not willing to do that anymore.
The truth is I've trained myself for much of my career.
No man can honestly sit there and say he doesn't care about what people think, doesn't care if he's got the support of the British public or British fans.
I have seen the consequences of what can happen in boxing.
I'm fighting because I want to be the best and I want to beat the best and I want to make a name for myself. I'm not fighting because I want to live comfortably for the rest of my life.
There is nobody that I wouldn't fight.
Any fighter who is serious about boxing wants to be in those big fights, fighting the best fighters, with the whole country watching and talking about it.
I was nervous my first fight, my heart was pumping at 1,000 beats per second.
If you're fighting for any other reason than wanting to be the best in the sport, then you're not going to make it.
Froch is like a train who just comes forward but Groves will move about, fake and feign and his good footwork is a big part of his game.
My father is my inspiration.
Boxing is an entertainment business.
I always stayed on top of my schoolwork. I did it because I had to and because I had a strict father. He made sure I did my homework and told me not to mess around in class.
What I learned from my father is that to win is number one, but you've also got to have a flavour.
