I can't and won't be defeated at Goodison Park, the greatest stadium in the world.
— Tony Bellew
Fighters like Bernard Hopkins can go on because their style is not based on reflexes and timing.
My goal first and foremost when I walk into that boxing ring is to get home safe to my missus and three children, because they're all in life that need me, and they really do need me.
On May 29 2016, my wildest dreams came true. I became the WBC cruiserweight champion of the world at Goodison Park. The dream location, the dream title, the dream ending, a third-round knockout of Iunga Makabu.
I've achieved all my dreams.
I just idolise Nigel Benn, the things he said, how ferocious he was, how intimidating he was - I just loved watching him. As I do the old Mike Tyson, the '89 Mike Tyson. The Tyson who walked to the ring with a white towel on and looked ferocious. He frightened me just watching him.
When I go into a boxing ring, I'm willing to die.
I've always said boxing will not retire me, I will retire from boxing, and I stand by that statement.
I just want to be left alone.
I fear no man. I really don't.
As any fighter does, we all go down. Very few get up. I've done it on multiple occasions.
I don't need celebrity friends. I don't need new friends. I am what I am.
I am the best cruiserweight in the world.
When it's all said and done, Linares is an exceptional fighter.
What my family's been through I can't even put into words. We're very close.
Boxing is the only thing I have ever understood - I certainly don't understand women.
Style makes fights; I've always said it.
Everyone knows I get off the floor, and I fight until the finish.
I will beat Andre Ward. I will knock out Andre Ward. He's a pound-for-pound king, but I will beat him.
Especially with someone like me, my family know how much I push myself to the absolute limit.
I've had a fantastic career.
I'm from the street. We all know that.
Normal athletes couldn't do what Premier League football players can do.
Usyk could beat me - he's beaten better than me, so he could beat me - but I just don't think he will, and I will find a way.
I ain't a 16-fight novice who has only fought at British title level.
I've made some bad mistakes in life.
I would never talking about hating a fighter. I don't hate no one.
People don't drop me with shots on the temple.
I've mixed sparring partners up. I've done tons upon tons of rounds with big, heavy lumps who are trying to take my head off.
My dad, my missus, my sons, I do it all for them.
My legacy is secure.
I want to cause havoc. I want to cause mayhem - and I mean the worst mayhem you can see.
I want to punch everything and fight the world.
The speed and timing go with age.
Boxing does not favor boxers over 35 who rely on reflexes.
Tyson Fury should be looked at as someone who conquered the world, defeating a nine-year king in Wladimir Klitschko.
I'm after megafights, and me fighting Haye equals megafight.
There will be no more fighting from me. The only things you will see me doing from here on in is trying to act sensible and behave myself.
I love looking back at the older fights; they don't make them like they used to. Just watching Tommy Hearns, the technique in his punching, the brilliance and the combinations from the likes of Ray Leonard and 'Sugar' Ray Robinson.
Make no mistake about it: nobody gives you nothing for nothing. You have to work hard to get what you want.
I'm very lucky because less than one percent of boxers get out of the game financially secure.
I've never chosen the easy route to world titles or the easy route in fights, and I came up short against Stevenson.
I'm not a perfect person - far from it.
I say some silly things now and again.
I'm just a normal fellow who gets punched in the face for a living and gets punched really hard at times as well. But you know what? I'm all right at punching them back.
You don't brag about putting someone in hospital. It's absolutely horrible.
My dream is to fight at Goodison Park. Forget Wembley, or Vegas, I just want to fight at Goodison Park. It's been a dream ever since I was a child; no one's ever done it.
I just tell the truth. Some people don't like it. Some people do.
I defy anyone in the world to trade with me.
You will all laugh and say I wouldn't have a chance, but I would knock Andre Ward out - or I will outbox him. He is a pound-for-pound great, but I can match him on the inside, and he has never fought anyone who could do that.
