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title: "1 Coming Second Quotes By Nigel Benn"
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> [I remember coming second in a cross-country run and this sergeant major ripped in to me, saying 'you knacker, you waster - you should be second to no one.' That really got to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-benn/i-remember-coming-second-in-a-cross-country-run-and-this-sergeant/)

[Nigel Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-benn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/nigel-benn-5098_remember_i-remember-coming-second-in-a-cross-coun_2774741.jpg)

## More by Nigel Benn

> [Boxing can be so important to young people, it keeps you off the street and you can channel your energy and aggression in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-benn/boxing-can-be-so-important-to-young-people-it-keeps-you-off-the/)

[Nigel Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-benn/)

> [I fight in the ring on my natural abilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-benn/i-fight-in-the-ring-on-my-natural-abilities/)

[Nigel Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-benn/)

> [In finding God and delivering his message I get more joy now than I ever did when I was boxing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-benn/in-finding-god-and-delivering-his-message-i-get-more-joy-now-than-i/)

[Nigel Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-benn/)

> [It's not the Dark Destroyer no more, because everything synonymous with the Dark Destroyer I don't want to know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-benn/it-s-not-the-dark-destroyer-no-more-because-everything-synonymous/)

[Nigel Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-benn/)

> [How can I not look back and thank God for having Chris Eubank? I am so grateful he was there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-benn/how-can-i-not-look-back-and-thank-god-for-having-chris-eubank-i-am-so/)

[Nigel Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-benn/)

> [Conor is not emulating me. He has to be his own man and learn his trade from the start. He will fight in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-benn/conor-is-not-emulating-me-he-has-to-be-his-own-man-and-learn-his/)

[Nigel Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-benn/)

> [That is what I do, I fight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-benn/that-is-what-i-do-i-fight/)

[Nigel Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-benn/)

> [Look at my family. I can't ask for more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-benn/look-at-my-family-i-can-t-ask-for-more/)

[Nigel Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-benn/)

> [What I like about my son is he's got guts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-benn/what-i-like-about-my-son-is-he-s-got-guts/)

[Nigel Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-benn/)

> [We didn't have dietitians, or strength and conditioning coaches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-benn/we-didn-t-have-dietitians-or-strength-and-conditioning-coaches/)

[Nigel Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-benn/)

> [I started to go to areas where I shouldn't have been, like in Dagenham where there was a lot of support for the National…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-benn/i-started-to-go-to-areas-where-i-shouldn-t-have-been-like-in-dagenham/)

[Nigel Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-benn/)

> [I don't want to be second to nobody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-benn/i-don-t-want-to-be-second-to-nobody/)

[Nigel Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-benn/)

> [I thrive on fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-benn/i-thrive-on-fear/)

[Nigel Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-benn/)

> [When I was making a comeback we were talking to Roy Jones but he wasn't having any of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-benn/when-i-was-making-a-comeback-we-were-talking-to-roy-jones-but-he-wasn/)

[Nigel Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-benn/)

> [I don't know if I wanted to top myself or if I just wanted someone to hug me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-benn/i-don-t-know-if-i-wanted-to-top-myself-or-if-i-just-wanted-someone-to/)

[Nigel Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-benn/)

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