Quotes from Dereck Chisora

After I retire I don't want to say 'I could have done this and that.' I just want to give it all while I can.

I tried sports, but I ended up being a paramedic. There was to be no rugby for me. Believe me, I did try, but I fell short. Rugby is tough, man.

I don't have a gun, I've never owned one and never will.

We want to try and get Joseph Parker, as long as he doesn't run like an Australian chicken.

I'm the only black guy who lives in Hampstead. All my friends there are Jewish and you get some Arsenal players in Hampstead but they're French and don't go out much. So I stand out when I walk around. Everyone knows the 'Del Boy' in Hampstead.

David Price is a big guy but he has not used his advantages, I have known him since the amateurs in the early 2000s and I would always see him in the Boxing News magazine.

You don't want athletes who are as dry as a bone, you don't want to turn your TV on and see someone boring.

I don't care if people are booing me. They can boo all they like.

People who have never boxed before, never worked hard in boxing, and they are starting to come in and people forget about the real boxers.

If you run you are a chicken.

There's nothing wrong with being gay or lesbian. If my cousin was gay I'd support him. If my sister was a lesbian I'd support her.

I'm not the best fighter but I'm the craziest fighter.

Most guys are defeated before they step into the ring with the Klitschkos. They start shaking with fear in their boots.

I did probation for three years.

I'm a big believer in cash but I'd never buy a property with cash.

To get a fighter like Usyk is a lie and for him to get a fighter to spar like me is a lie. I didn't need anyone to box like Usyk, what I wanted was southpaws to see the way they stand and the way they move their feet.

Me, I don't know anything. Don't even know fighters in my own division.

Fighters just want to be the best.

Boarding school forces you to grow. You have to wake up at a certain time, you have to study, wash your own clothes. We used to play rugby in whites. Can you imagine washing that? And it has to be white. If it was not white, you got punished.

The psychology of the Klitschkos is to be nice to you before the fight and then destroy you in the ring. With them it's just business.

For me to stand there and try to pick my punches, I can't do that.

The people, the fans, the pundits, the people who watch on TV, they are the judges.

I've lost so many fights and I've won many but you have to keep pushing.

Some of the fighters I've boxed, I've forgot their names.