Explore Quotes by David Haye

Even on one leg, I thought I could knock Tony Bellew out. I was gutted when Shane McGuigan threw the towel in.

I would fight till I'm dead. This is why I am here. I am put on Earth to fight. I feel it deep in my waters.

I spent more than £150,000 on a limited-edition Mercedes SL.

People say, 'Where do you get your strength from?' Well, where does an ape get his strength from? They are 20 times stronger than humans, and they don't rely on a meat-based diet. They eat plants all day long. It's a myth that you need meat for strength.

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've been in the ring with the Bronze Bomber, Deontay Wilder. I've tasted his power, and he's tasted mine.

You get these young kids who are training their whole life to go to the Olympics. To go there and not fight someone else like them but fight someone who has might won an Olympics before, been a world champion, and is just coming back to fight some kids, I think is insane.

I've had a lot of good nights, and ideally, I don't want to be remembered for a bad night.

I've got good genes. My dad was a martial arts instructor - and he was good.

It makes absolutely no sense for me to turn down a fight I desperately want.

Once I have beaten Mormeck, I don't feel there'll be anything left to prove. After winning the world title, I will be recognised as the No. 1 cruiserweight in the world.

A lot of people say, 'OK, I'm overweight, so I'm not going to eat any food; I'm only going to have an apple a day,' but then your body will go into starvation mode, so what you've got to do is increase your metabolism.

I have the heart of lion.

I'm too fast, too sexy, and too talented to be blown away by a large, slow robot from the Ukraine.

My son's dream is to win Wimbledon - I'd love that.

Whatever any boxer does in the ring, I don't think any reporter should call him a coward. Anyone who does that I lose complete respect for. There's a difference between being a coward and being scared, or apprehensive. Different fighters have got different mentalities.

I eat tall, chinny, Eastern European heavyweights for breakfast.

I would love to have gone there, fight at Madison Square Garden or a casino in Las Vegas, but there are no American heavyweights now who can pose a challenge to me.

To beat Wladimir Klitschko, I have to be better than I've ever been.

Once you share a ring with someone, go to war with someone... you have a different type of respect for someone.

It's hard to judge somebody before or after a fight. Adrenaline is flowing, and you're hyped up.