Quotes from Amir Khan

I've been working a lot on my lateral movement, and angles - it's coming natural to me now - and on different techniques, keeping my hands right.

You need to have a very strong relationship with your coaches. For me, Freddie Roach is like a father figure.

What happened to me against Prescott didn't make Prescott a better fighter than me.

I'm just a fighter.

I think I'm one of the hardest-training fighters in the world.

We like to entertain, but it is not our duty to do so. I have had a lot of exciting fights and been hit way too much, so that is something to think about.

If I look at my career financially, I think it's one of the best careers any fighter's had.

I try to fix things between the Asian community and the English community. There are always going to be racial things there, not getting on with each other and stuff. I have tried to break that barrier.

Floyd Mayweather has fought the biggest names throughout his career and has earned the right to face whoever he chooses.

You're always just one punch away from getting hurt. But look, if it's going to happen, it's going to happen. I think I'm going to walk out of this sport of boxing when I think it's the right time.

I don't want to get punched all my life.

I've been boxing since I was eight, and that's a long time to take punches day after day.

Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales are the guys I want to base myself on. They fight with their whole heart and with such work-rate. They just don't stop punching. I want to be like that - never boring.

I have the skills to box and not get into a war. I've been getting punishment I shouldn't be taking because, sometimes, I'm too brave for my own good. When I've got good footwork and movement, I should use them.

All the bad press I was getting puts you on a downer, so really, you come to a stage where you start hating yourself, in a way, because you're not in control.

That's boxing - one punch can win a fight.

The one thing about me is that I keep my personal life away from my sporting life. And, when I am training for a fight, that is my focus.

I'm confident I can take the gold in Beijing.

The good thing about being nervous is that you perform better.

I used to have Lamborghinis, Ferraris parked up outside the house - just parked there with no one driving them! Now I'm much wiser, and I only have one car that I drive. What's the point of having three cars just parked up when you don't need them?

I'm very experienced in four-round fights because of my amateur career, and I've got a high work rate.

People come into fights against me and say this and that, but when they realise how quick and how hard I hit, their game plan disappears.

As an amateur, we used to fight people from the same gym. You'd spar with each other and then fight each other in championships.

My grandfather on my dad's side was the first in our family to settle in the U.K. He came from Pakistan on his own in the '60s and worked in a cotton mill in Bolton, earning enough to bring over the rest of his family. My dad, Shah, was only about eight when he came to this country. Like most immigrants, he has a fierce work ethic.