Quotes from Vitali Klitschko

Boxing life is very interesting life; it opened many doors for me around the world, but now I am ready to invest my energy and my experience and my power for the future.

I tell you very openly: it's much easier to be the heavyweight champion of the world than to be the mayor of Kiev.

We try to use our experiences as leverage for our social work, to help children to get education because that is the way to get a special life.

I feel like I am the strongest man in the world.

I understand that I'm not 20 anymore, but I feel great, like in my 20s. I don't know what it is, but in our generation, people last longer.

Sport has made me realise that you have to be stubborn and to persevere to get the results. It might take longer in politics, but once you have the right goal and desire, you will reach it.

A lot of people want to see a last fight, but I am now engaged in a different fight - one that is much harder, much more vicious, and much more important to me. I am fighting for democracy and fighting for Ukraine.