Quotes from Carl Frampton

I'm not a massive featherweight.

My mum's very vocal about me, aye. She's very proud. It's just a bit embarrassing.

It's Northern Ireland, it's Ireland, it's Scotland, it's Wales, there's Scousers, Londoners, all behind me.

I get spotted quite a bit walking about the streets in Belfast and it's okay, I don't mind it, they come up and shake your hand.

I'll respect any man that walks into the ring but people like Eddie Hearn and Joe Gallagher who've never taken a slap in the mouth in their lives shouldn't be disrespectful towards me and other fighters.

It's hard to believe I was just seven when I started boxing but I've put everything of myself into it.

That retirement plan I had, getting out by 32, may still be the case even though at the minute it's in the back of my mind. It's important to get out at the right time.

I love going home to Belfast on weekend breaks from training.

It's good to go and get photographs taken with people who come out and support you. I don't mind that, having a chat and shaking people's hands.

Joe Gallager's like a petulant child sometimes. In press conferences, for instance, when we're talking, he's rolling his eyes like a schoolgirl, pretending he's not listening. It's disrespectful and I don't like that.

If I could unify my second weight division, that would be huge.

I'm prepared to do whatever it takes to win. I just don't want to lose.

I've got two kids and a missus. I don't want problems after boxing. You need to be careful.

There was nothing special about me; there are boxers in Belfast who are more skilled but I had a bit between my teeth that drives me on.

I remember going through checkpoints as a kid. It felt normal but, looking back, of course it created tension. People standing with guns, sometimes your car getting searched and being asked where you are going. It changes the atmosphere.

But if I ever fight in Northern Ireland again, I want it to be at Windsor Park.

I just want to win a world title - that's the main objective and whether it happens at Windsor or whether it happens in America it doesn't matter.

The most important thing in my life is my wife and kids, my family. Boxing is a close second.

He still works in the local leisure centre and he's the union rep and a shop steward. Dad is very grounded. He's not bumptious or brash.

I was always quiet and even timid.

If you worry about hurting your opponent you are probably in the wrong game, because it can happen. I wouldn't wish ill on anyone. I wanted to knock him out, not hurt him badly.

There are more important things in life than boxing.

You're just taking punishment every day, getting hit all the time. That's something we're going to cut back on. I'll train hard but the sparring will be cut in half.

I've always been the same since I was a kid, maybe it was the way I was brought up, but I've never liked arrogant people.