When I'm training for a fight, I'm not the same person that I normally am when I'm at home. I'm always thinking about fighting. I'm doing it day in and day out. Pretty soon, my personality starts to change. My temper's a little bit shorter, I don't have a lot of patience for a lot of things.
For different roles, my condition and training and diet does alter. Depending on the role, it will really dictate the type of training I do.
We're FC Bayern, and we'll always send out a competitive team.
Anytime you fight a champion, you got to watch the tape closely and study him closely.
When I was getting ready for a contest I was not thinking size, I was thinking I want to come in shredded, so shredded that people are going to be shocked.
Every year, I think of Worlds as the big meet, but now, it's the Olympics. I'm blessed to even have the opportunity to think about it and work for it.
When I start training, I get very serious and focused about it. I probably train 4-5 days a week, and I eat probably eat 5-8 small meals a day to keep my metabolism going.
I learned to run backwards from Muhammad Ali. He told me about running backwards because you try to imitate everything you do in the ring, so sometimes you back up. So you have to train your legs to go backwards.
Fighting is a sport; if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you.
In 2017, I boxed in front of a home crowd in Sheffield and became the WBA super-middleweight world champion. After four attempts I had finally fulfilled my childhood dream, and the experience was as great as I had always imagined it would be. It was without doubt the best moment of my career.
Actually, I always dreamed about getting a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle in Olympic swimming. I always thought that would be the epic award in sports to get.
That first loss in the UFC was a tough one. I hadn't fought in a year, and you start again, different organisation, different scenario, and it all plays into it.
When I have a few weeks off, I catch up with my friends, but after a week or so, I just can't wait to get back in to the boxing club and start training.
I've never done this level of physical preparation for something. Particularly for 'Rogue One' where I was training every day and doing kung fu rehearsals on a daily basis. But that's part of the reason I wanted to do it, because it was very different from what I've done before.
It was my dream to have an opportunity to become a professional player.
Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons.
I do not forecast playing until 38 or 39.
MMA is a sport. We go out here and we do battle. Everybody has family, friends, they train really hard.
I want to be more than prepared for the game, for the preseason, for the season.
Hopefully I can play until I'm 40.
When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was.
There are so many variables that go into a fight, you shouldn't waste your time worrying about the other fighters.
I always thought I would be a boxing champion.
As you know, I get a lot of abuse on Twitter. And while I'm abroad on training camp, I train three times a day, often for two hours a time, and I haven't got time to respond to all the people that ask questions.
Training hasn't been consistent for the last week or so which was a bit annoying, but going into the competition I just had to get myself into the right mind frame.
