I prayed before fights. Especially just before I got in to the ring. But I'd also have my iPod on, Prodigy and… — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
When I go into the ring, I don't hate opponents, and I certainly don't want to hurt them. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
In America, they slag each other off at the press conference, then get in the ring and don't do anything. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
Boxing's a very lonely sport. That ring is the loneliest place in the world. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
After a weigh-in, you drink and put on the pounds. But it's just fluid, not muscle, so you get in the ring… — 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
