Anthony Yarde Quotes

Anthony Yarde

Profession : Athlete

Birth : August 13, 1991

I love my chocolate, I love my dessert, I love my cookie dough.

Anthony Yarde

I was never a weapons person, you're a coward if you have to walk with a weapon, be a man and fight.

Anthony Yarde

The streets are tough but sport, and boxing especially, has put me on the right path in my life.

Anthony Yarde

With my dad it was a short time between him getting ill and passing. He got ill first and he took a turn for the worse very quickly, within days.

Anthony Yarde

I remember when I used to go to York Hall and just watch, and I'd be like 'how are these people doing it.' Even though I was an amateur boxer at the time, I was like 'how are these guys fighting professionally in this arena?'

Anthony Yarde

In a way, and I don't like to use this word, but delusion can be a good thing, it can be a bad thing, but when you genuinely believe in something, if you're putting in the effort to progress, you're going to progress more than someone who doesn't think they can do it.

Anthony Yarde

I study Floyd Mayweather, Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr and Sugar Ray Leonard.

Anthony Yarde

Yes, my mum had a huge influence on my life and the love she had for me, the love we had between each other, did sway me to not do bad things. Sometimes they say the street raised you, but my mum did the raising.

Anthony Yarde

I want to make all my family proud, particularly my mum, Sonia.

Anthony Yarde

Each fight of my career I take just as important as the last. And I will keep it that way.

Anthony Yarde

No shame in losing to an all-time great.

Anthony Yarde

I've been listening 50 cent's audiobook, 'The Hustler.'

Anthony Yarde

I don't listen to people who doubt me.

Anthony Yarde

I sometimes look on YouTube and see people label videos 'Anthony Yarde sparring his trainer Ade' but that is not sparring, that's just practice. We practice getting attacked, countering and attacking your opponent back, in intelligent ways.

Anthony Yarde

I remember being in fights and being tremendously outnumbered and it escalating into something much worse. That's why I laughed when people asked if I was scared of going to Russia. If only they knew about some of the things I've seen.

Anthony Yarde

My first boxing experience came at around 14. There was always confrontation in the area I grew up in. My mentality, I'll be honest, was if someone tries it with me, I want to be able to knock them out.

Anthony Yarde

Us fighters thrive on performing and entertaining a crowd.

Anthony Yarde

I just say to myself I'm going to be a better fighter day to day. That's my thing.

Anthony Yarde

Floyd Mayweather said it, perfect boxing career, undefeated, but he says that in life there's balance. He might have the perfect boxing career, but elsewhere there's loss.

Anthony Yarde

I'm confident and when you have power like me, it relaxes your nerves.

Anthony Yarde