If you're mentally weak, it can destroy you. Some guys who look talented lose and never come back.
My mum hates the fact that I fight. My sisters hate it, too, but they understand that boxing gave me a way out. It saved me. It made me someone. It made me the person I am today, mentally and physically.
Boxing is one fight at a time for me. That's how I've always been, and that's how I was brought up.
I was nobody; I showed up to sparring in a white wife beater and Hawaiian shorts. I had plimsolls; I didn't have boxing shoes. It just shows you don't need to have fancy equipment or experience: you're either a good fighter, or you're not.
Throw me in deep enough, and I sink or swim. I don't care who I fight.
I want one of the top three, but if they aren't available, we'll pick someone else. There are some good young fighters, undefeated guys, and guys with wins and losses on their record.
I left Jamaica to come to England, but one place became another place. I lived in Tulse Hill, in Brixton and Coldharbour Lane.
I won't wait for this Joshua-Wilder-Tyson Fury nonsense and become a pawn in their negotiations.
I have always been a puncher, but I tried to use my other tools and take my time, because in boxing, you need longevity. I can have a dust-up and knock anyone out in the first round, but you need more than that.
It's hard if people don't want to fight me.
I've been written off. But I don't go about crying. Nothing is going to stop me. Not Chisora. We're marching on.
That works for me, that's fine, but I don't need a belt to fight Dominic Breazeale. If he wants it, he can get it.
I'm still hungry. I'm still striving... You have to understand: my mum has worked hard to look after her children, but we have always been poor; we have always been at rock bottom. I want to change my family history forever.
There's always something getting in the way - other fights being made or money and politics ruining things - but after I finish Chisora, nobody can deny me my shot.
I love to fight, and I'm looking forward to being back in the ring, getting the victory, and moving on to challenge for the World Heavyweight title.
I'd turn up to the gym early and just be there, waiting outside, knocking on the door. It was something I thought I was decent at. I enjoyed fighting; it's how I've always been.
Listen: I'm a fighter. I'm a brawler. I'm a boxer. But I'm a technician as well.
I'm in this game to give the fans proper fights, fights they will remember.
There's fighters that sit down and wait two years, waiting for the call. I can't do that. Time's ticking.
I'm 30. I'm about to hit my prime now. I need to act and keep building.
