People need to have compassion for others.

Sometimes your dreams come true.

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

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.

When you're a man you try and be macho.

If you say you've had a nervous breakdown or things aren't right mentally, people run away from you. They think you're from 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest,' you know.

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.

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.

Mental illness is a very powerful thing. If it is with you it is probably going to be there until the day you die. I am trying so hard to break mine, but it is not easy. It is my toughest fight ever.

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

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.

Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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 ain't got no right to judge someone.

I am just working on staying alive.