Quotes from Frank Bruno

But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.

I'm not really a cutter-off sort of person. I'll chat to anybody.

My trainer, George Francis, used to train a lot of African boxers. They're hungry guys, man. They've got no trainers, got nothing. They're so hungry to do boxing, to make some money.

I want to stay healthy, keep fit, eat well, keep a low profile and be a good dad.

If your brain's not right they have good people at the NHS to help you fix it and talk to and counselling to calm you down and to focus you.

People take the mickey out of mental health, but it is very delicate.

People need to have compassion for others.

There's enough pressure in life without seeking competition. That makes it double pressure.

Being sectioned was the best thing that ever happened to me.

I didn't play a great deal of sport in primary school. It was not until I went away to boarding school in Sussex that I really got into sport.

I don't normally watch myself on the telly.

Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.

When I came into boxing, I brought it to the next level with adverts and doing pantomime and people just got jealous of me doing that.

I still get invitations from all over Europe to speak at dinners, and it's an honour that promoters and charities can use me to create income.

I try and maintain a little bit of fitness, man.

Some people like going to the pub; I enjoy going to the gym.

Journalists have always written that my mum said that I punched a hole through my cot when I was three years old. I don't remember doing that, and I think it was more that I was very energetic.

Boxing is a buzz, but I went into it to make a living. I wasn't going to go into the ring and get punched in the head for the fun of it.

If you're not balanced, your mind's not balanced... my fuse went.

Sometimes when you have bipolar you have days you are grumpy and not feeling yourself.

I like going to the gym every day.

Instead of using brushes all the time, try a palette knife to paint.

Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker... anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt.

Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world. You've got all the fans, lots of hangers-on jumping up and shouting different words. But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.