Quotes from David Haye

You can't hit someone if they're holding on to you.

What I want to achieve in boxing is worldwide. I want to show I'm not just a British commodity... To do that, you have to fight the best and fight all over the world.

Maybe Tony Bellew is my Benn-Eubank.

People say, 'Where do you get your strength from?' Well, where does an ape get his strength from? They are 20 times stronger than humans, and they don't rely on a meat-based diet. They eat plants all day long. It's a myth that you need meat for strength.

I've had a lot of good nights, and ideally, I don't want to be remembered for a bad night.

Whatever any boxer does in the ring, I don't think any reporter should call him a coward. Anyone who does that I lose complete respect for. There's a difference between being a coward and being scared, or apprehensive. Different fighters have got different mentalities.

It's hard to judge somebody before or after a fight. Adrenaline is flowing, and you're hyped up.

Bernard Hopkins is one of my idols.

Even on one leg, I thought I could knock Tony Bellew out. I was gutted when Shane McGuigan threw the towel in.

I love watching reruns of 'Sex And The City.'

I've got good genes. My dad was a martial arts instructor - and he was good.

You get these young kids who are training their whole life to go to the Olympics. To go there and not fight someone else like them but fight someone who has might won an Olympics before, been a world champion, and is just coming back to fight some kids, I think is insane.

One thing you can guarantee with the Travellers, they've got a lot of heart.

Every boxer needs to be able to punch, but none more than me, and that's because I'm not that skilful, and I'm one of the smallest heavyweights you'll ever see.

If I didn't have a great right hook, the bigger, heavier fighters would grind me down and smother me.

I want to knock out both Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, and I don't care what order they fall in.

I have always maintained you should be able to bench press and deadlift at least twice your body weight.

A lot of people say, 'OK, I'm overweight, so I'm not going to eat any food; I'm only going to have an apple a day,' but then your body will go into starvation mode, so what you've got to do is increase your metabolism.

I can do what I want. And I always do, do what I want.

When I'm training, I use heavier crepe for wraps, for protection - but you're not allowed to use them in competition. So when it comes to the fight, the wraps are softer.

Mark de Mori is a solid operator.

I spent more than £150,000 on a limited-edition Mercedes SL.

You need to stay hungry and not allow someone like John Ruiz to come over and mess you up in front of all your fans.

There are probably one million dudes in America called Kevin Johnson, and beating one of them doesn't make you an all-time great heavyweight.