I don't need to concentrate or meditate before a fight. I'm the kind of guy who'll be having a laugh in the dressing room 10 minutes before the fight - that's me.
— Naseem Hamed
My mother asks me what round I'd like to win in, and she prays for that.
A revelation came to me at 16. All true princes must someday become kings.
I honestly can't see myself losing.
I might spar with him, or I might teach him a few tricks, but even if there was $1 billion or £1m offered, I'd never get in the ring with another Muslim. It's against my principles.
It doesn't mean much to me if I'm behind or not in a fight; the fact is that I hold these guns in my right and left hands.
I came out out at the age of 28 and knew I'd had one loss on points, and the only reason I had that loss was that the fight was taken too soon. I lost two and a half stone in eight weeks, which was virtually impossible, but I made it, and I still got that big cheque!
Being a fighter is no joke. Year in and year out. Especially as a world champion. All eyes are on you, and you can't go where you want, eat what you want.
When I win, I send shock waves through the boxing world.
You can't duplicate me. A lot of fighters come out with a certain amount of style, and I like to see that, but they get smashed up a little bit.
I'm going to smash Wayne McCullough to bits. And when you see him smashed to bits, you're going to see the same thing I'd have done to Barry McGuigan, his friend and idol.
I made a prediction when I was 11 that I would be world champion by the time I was 21, and I did it.
The fact is I have lost a fight, and I accept the loss from Allah. That's the way a real fighter and a real man goes out.
I want to be remembered as the man who changed the pay scale for featherweights, who put the sparkle back in boxing after Muhammad Ali left, the man who took risks with his ring entrance, the man who, before the fight, would do a front flip into the ring without even thinking about turning an ankle, and then knocking his man out. I mean out.
I'm not saying I'm Mr Goody Two Shoes. I'm not. But if you try to rough me up, I'm going to body-slam you. I'm going to do everything I have to do psychologically to tell you that you are not stronger than me.
I don't see anything remotely like me in boxing, past or future.
I want the chance to show Barrera and the world that I am a true champion.
Nobody's going to help me when I get in that ring. That's how I like it: the responsibility's on me, and whatever happens is down to me, nobody else.
From the age of seven, I was destined to be a legend, to be the world's most popular fighter.
No one can stand up to the extraordinary power of my fists.
I found boxing so, so easy with incredible power, speed, and accuracy.
You're either good at boxing, or you're not.
I've knocked guys out in the 11th round before, late.
There were a lot of fighters who were better than me that got knocked out and stopped because they stayed in the game too long. That never happened to me. I don't know that feeling. I thank God so much that that didn't happen to me.
I'm not immortal. I'm not unbeatable.
I thought after that fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, if this was supposed to be fight of the decade, then people must be missing me a lot more.
One thing that has irritated me in the sport of boxing since I stopped is I'm really surprised that no one has come along to excite me like me.
The Kelley fight meant that much because it's always when a fighter from this country goes over to America and proves himself, it's always make or break in a British fighter's career.
I do think I retired too soon. I just felt at that particular time in 2002, after winning a fifth world title belt, why not be one of the smart ones in boxing and get out.
I want to be remembered as a guy who transcended boxing.
I just refuse to lose.
That's what a true professional is - a true world champion, so to everybody out there listening, especially the fighters that want to fight me... they'll get knocked out, sparko.
I still look back at the days in the early '90s and think, 'Boy, that confidence just came out in me strong,' and it was fantastic, the drama and the entertainment I brought.
Losing will make me a better fighter.
I'm not selfish before a fight or afterwards, but for the time of the fight itself, I have to think totally of myself.
I'm unbeatable and untouchable.
I know I look arrogant, but I'm altogether a different person outside the ring.
At 19, I was European champion, and at 21, I was world champion. Let's just hope Amir Khan can follow in the same footsteps. I believe he can do it 100%; he's a fantastic talent.
My idol, Muhammad Ali, got beat when nobody thought he would, and he came back and back to beat Joe Frazier.
I carried the WBO belt for five years and defended it 15 times against 10 world champions.
As a fighter, I recognise that the one thing we fight for is prizes. The one thing that motivates us is money. A lot of fighters do come back because of money. The biggest spur they have is financial, and thank God my finances were secure, and I didn't need to come back for that reason.
I'm going to take Barrera out in devastating style with unbelievably hard shots. He's tailor-made for me, and I will fit him with a suit to wear on the canvas.
I like Carl Frampton; he gets down to business.
In Arabic, 'Naseem' means a gentle breeze. But inside the guy's a monster.
I just felt I had done enough in the sport to put my stamp on boxing.
Great fighters get beat, and great fighters come back.
I've put myself on this pedestal from the start.
There's no bigger fight on the planet than Prince Naseem and Marco Antonio Barrera. What's bigger than that? This will be the greatest fight in the history of the featherweight division.
Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua? Styles make fights, and that would be a great clash of styles and a great clash of personalities.
Amir Khan is Amir Khan. He's a great fighter; he's got great attributes. But Prince Naseem brought something completely different to any other fighter in the whole world.
