I'm proud of my Italian roots, and I've always believed that I would get the chance to fight for the belt.
I have always wanted to be European champion, because it is a fantastic title and so many great boxers have held the belt over the years.
In the beginning, somebody told me there was a record in the cruiserweight division where Evander Holyfield became the champion. I thought about that, and I told my team, 'Let's make our own history, our own record, to beat Holyfield's record.'
I want to be World Heavyweight Champion, but unfortunately, that didn't happen.
There are plenty of massive fights out there for me, I know that, but the goals always going to become world champion.
When I was young, I used to dream about seeing myself with the world title, with the WBC belt.
Any fighter who is serious about boxing wants to be in those big fights, fighting the best fighters, with the whole country watching and talking about it.
I want to knock out both Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, and I don't care what order they fall in.
When I was about 12, I realised I wasn't going to make it as a top footballer, but I won my first British ABA title at 13. From then on, I wanted to be a world champion.
A world title is important. I want to fight for a world title.
My career before I was main event I was always trying to steal the show and I feel I have a style that can be endearing to the boxing public. It's a style that allows me to box how I want to box.
Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion.
MY greatest regret in life is that I never became the heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world.
For a long time, I have waited for the opportunity to fight Mr. Roy Jones. This is my personal goal and dream.
They are the three venues I wanted to box in - I wasn't really interested in Las Vegas and all of them places. The three I always said was Croke Park, United, and Madison Square Garden.
When I told people my plan was to knock everyone out in the amateurs and become world champion as quickly as I could as a professional, a lot of people said it was impossible.
It would be silly for me to work almost two and a half years chomping out whoever they put in front of me and for me to not capture that belt.
I don't want to be fighting at four or six-round levels - I want to fight for world titles.
I already achieved my dream by fighting at Madison Square Garden for my second pro fight. I felt like I won the world title already, and I only had two professional fights. Madison Square Garden stands alone as far as boxing venues are concerned, and I dream about going back there again.
I will tell you right now, I want to fight the No. 1 fighter in the world. I always said that I want to fight the No. 1 fighter.
I want to become a star in the United States because I want to show everyone quality boxing.
When I first went to Fitzroy Lodge, I said I was going to be heavyweight champion of the world and retire when I was 30. This is when I was 10.
I want to shock the world, and I'm going to do that through boxing.
I always want to fight for the belt. I don't really care.
It's always been a goal of mine to get the belt in different weight classes.
