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
I don't seek the limelight. I'm perfectly happy with a quiet life and spending time with my family, but I deserve recognition. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
Judging by your performance at the Olympics, it don't look too bright for your future does it! — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
There were times people tried to get me to change trainers, but I stuck with my dad. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
There comes a time in any proud sportsman's career when you have to make the difficult decision to stop. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
Promoting is a no-no - that's hard work. Training is a full-time job, but I don't have time to do that full-time.… — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
My dad is a great judge of fights. He's the only person I know who said that Holyfield would beat Tyson the… — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
I didn't like school at all. I was bullied and didn't have a good time. Boxing was my escapism, and the ring… — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
I'm a Juventus fan, although I did support Chelsea for some time - mainly because of Gianfranco Zola. Zola is from the… — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
I don't know if I have the patience and I don't have a trainers license but I will help out. Whether I… — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
If you know you're just fighting for the money and you're not fighting for the championship, you're going to lose, so I… — 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
