Carl Froch Quotes

My journey as a player is complete.

Sometimes you feel the emotion. You think this might be my last pre-season or my last Champions League match. But, overall, those thoughts aren't important right now. But the time will soon come.

I think that at the close of next November, I ought to hang up the boxing gloves.

I have been fighting the best. I am just 26 and have fought in the biggest arenas.

I always thought I would be a boxing champion.

I've fought the best guys in the world, and I've beat the best guys in the world.

I think I went on a nice winning streak of about 20 fights until I fought Jorge Reyes and he stopped me in 6 rounds after I punched myself out.

Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it; your career is over.

Wimbledon 2014 will be my last slam. To be honest, I am already starting to miss professional tennis, having played at the highest level for two decades. It is what has given me my identity, and I will miss every bit of the action. The thought that I will not be playing anymore is daunting.

Every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves.

I don't want to imagine the time when I have to stop playing.

Different days, I think about different victories. Ricky Hatton is one of those fights. I respect Ricky Hatton. He's a warrior. He's a hell of a warrior.

I want to see Ronda coming back, her finishing her career with a win. Every athlete deserves that.

I know too well how much I am going to miss football after my career for me to put up my own barriers.

I just felt I had done enough in the sport to put my stamp on boxing.

It's sad to see boxers sometimes when they've come from these massive highs with thousands of people screaming for them. They're the best at what they do - then, that's it: stopped, finished.

I just want to fight the best guys that there is in the world and make the most money out of it.

And that's what I want to do, fight the best guys, the toughest guys to prove I am the best.

It would be a great thing for my legacy to get in the ring with an all-time great.

The end of my playing career was May 28, 2017. That, for me, was an historic day. I'll carry it with me forever. It will be hard to explain to people the feelings and emotions I felt that day.

My family and I grew up watching and admiring Oscar De La Hoya and to now be fighting under his promotional banner is a dream come true.

That final match I had at WrestleMania with The Rock was my last match.

Every time I fought at home, I gave my fans a knockout. I spoiled my fan base in Cincinnati.

It's always hard the moment you decide to stop playing. It doesn't matter if you're at a small club or a big club: it's the end of your playing career, so that's always going to be a big moment for any player.

The practice days, the walkthroughs, the bus rides - all those things you can't come back to. When you are getting into Year 15, you think about it. This thing is going to come to an end at some point.