Lennox Lewis

“Respect is the key.”

“A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested.”

“In boxing, it is about the obsession of getting the most from yourself: wanting to dominate the world.”

“You have to be a little bit crazy to do what I do.”

“I'm a fistic monarchist.”

“I never back down, and I never let anyone rule me.”

“Chess is a lot like boxing. You need to develop a strategy, and you need to think two or three steps ahead about what your opponent is going to do.”

“I realised that I had to be a warrior and die trying, if I was to be a champion.”

“Boxing is a science. You don't just walk into a gym and start punching. You have to learn the art.”

“I'm a student of the sport.”

“My style is intellectual and physical. I'm the thinking man's boxer.”

“All the champions are talking about what they did, but I'm talking about what I'm doing.”

“Some people say I am a boring fighter. It's true, I'm not a flashy fighter, but I'm a winning fighter.”

“My legacy is that I stayed on top of the game.”

“There are no friends in the ring.”