When I was about 12, I realised I wasn't going to make it as a top footballer, but I won my first… — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
There is a world of difference between being a reality TV star and a world champion boxer. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
You think that after becoming world champion, you're going to be a massive superstar with lots of lucrative bouts against great fighters,… — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
I train the same way as I've always trained, even before I was champion. That's the difference, I train like a challenger. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
When I was 14, I told my careers adviser that I was going to be a world champion boxer. Of course she laughed. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
I've always been motivated to be a champion since the age of 13 and I love being a winner. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
We had nothing, no money, when I was young. We lived in a council house. My dad struggled; my mum struggled. But… — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
I feel blessed that I managed to fight 46 fights undefeated, that I was a world champion for 11 years, one of… — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
It's not my place to say how good I was because the thing is, every champion from every era is a great… — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
I've defended my title for eight years, let's see if Ricky (Hatton) is still champion in four years. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
To win the four major title belts, to be the unbeaten champion and 10 years a champion - it's amazing. I'm so proud. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
Fighters never realise when it is time to walk away. They can't leave the buzz and adoration that surrounds being champion. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
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… — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
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. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
My mum is the opposite of my dad. She's a very private person, very shy and totally against boxing. She never watched any of… — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
My first boxing memory is watching Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard on television. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
There is a world of difference between being a reality TV star and a world champion boxer. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
When you've been at the top of the sport for so many years, it's your life, and it becomes very difficult just to quit… — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
I've been through the routine so many times that I genuinely don't even think about a big fight very much beforehand. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
When I was 17, my mum made me work in a cake factory for three days - I hated it. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
You think that after becoming world champion, you're going to be a massive superstar with lots of lucrative bouts against great fighters, but that… — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
You can never say never in this game, but I can't see myself boxing again. There's loads of things I want to do. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
