Quotes from Tony Bellew

When I left school - or, rather, when I was expelled from school for hitting a kid who had disrespected a teacher - I had nothing, with nowhere to go. Where I'm from, it really means that. Now my family are millionaires. I never dreamed this would be possible.

As any fighter does, we all go down. Very few get up. I've done it on multiple occasions.

At age 68, I expect to be strapped to the couch with the remote control like Jim Royle.

I'm very lucky because less than one percent of boxers get out of the game financially secure.

You'll never see me go into a fight and struggle to get up for it. I understand first and foremost what's at stake.

People wonder why I dislike my opponents. It's not personal or that I hate them: it's just that I know what I've had to sacrifice to face them.

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 could also lose to lesser fighters than David Haye, based on the fact that styles make fights.

I've achieved all my dreams.

Some say I'm arrogant, some say I'm deluded.

I'm after megafights, and me fighting Haye equals megafight.

I just want to be left alone.

Especially with someone like me, my family know how much I push myself to the absolute limit.

I can sell a fight, make no mistake.