Quotes from Joe Calzaghe

It would be good to fight Roy Jones. I've always admired him, and I think this would be a great fight for the fans.

Roy Jones is a difficult fight.

I've been through the routine so many times that I genuinely don't even think about a big fight very much beforehand.

I was born in London but brought up in Wales from the age of two.

It used to hurt me when people said I was hiding in Wales.

I'm a regular guy, got the same friends. I live in the same area of south Wales. That's who I am. I'm just a normal guy. I just fight.

Boxing was my destiny.

I'm a boxer, and every fight could be my last. You just have to remember Michael Watson to know what boxing can do to you.

Amateur boxing is one of the safest sports around.

I don't really watch much boxing.

Boxing's a very lonely sport. That ring is the loneliest place in the world.

I remember every defeat I suffered as an amateur. They were rare enough to be burned into my brain, and that's why I can't bear the thought of losing.

I think we have a normal father-and-son relationship. But like any other relationship, we have our differences. But we always seem to work out our differences. Believe it or not, our personalities are similar. We're both fiery and passionate.

I don't want my career to peter out fighting meaningless fights; I want to go against the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world.

I try to work out about four or five times a week. I'll do a little bit of cardio, half hour on the punchbag, or just go for a jog.

There'll never be another Muhammad Ali. He was a superstar. And although he has gone, his legacy will live on for what he has done for sport and humanity.

Enzo, my dad, supports Juventus, so that's my team and, obviously, Italy, who I've been fortunate enough to see win two World Cups.

That gut-wrenching feeling of defeat I can still feel today. Losing and God are the two things that I fear. I fear no man

No secret man. Just starvation, hunger and diet.

I love the big fights. Obviously you can't fight just for the money but the money is nice.

Test match cricket - it's the most boring thing to watch. How they call themselves sportsmen I'll never know.

My first boxing memory is watching Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard on television.

We're only human, and fear can eat away at you the closer you get to a big fight.

Boxing's in my blood, so I'll always stay involved in that, and I'll probably do a bit of TV work as well, commentary and that.