Anthony Yarde Quotes

Anthony Yarde

Profession : Athlete

Birth : August 13, 1991

I used to have a short temper. I still have one and when I lose it, it's bad. I think it comes from what you see when you're young. Sometimes it builds from being scared as well. Once you lose it once, you find comfort in losing your temper. It becomes embedded in you.

Anthony Yarde

Idras Elba was from Forest Gate - where I am from - there are a lot of great people around if they can be given a chance or have the belief.

Anthony Yarde

I used to imitate Stone Cold Steve Austin. Identical. I literally made my own waistcoat like Stone Cold, put a little '3:16' I cut out of newspapers for it.

Anthony Yarde

A lot of people don't start something because of fear because they're scared of a negative outcome. Whereas I believe if you focus on negativity, you'll make nothing of your life.

Anthony Yarde

You need to mourn, you need to be upset, to give yourself time to replenish. Then you use it all as fuel to get stronger.

Anthony Yarde

I was living a dangerous life before I started boxing.

Anthony Yarde

I thought the Mike Tyson story was beautiful and it drew me in. He was bullied, a small kid who started knocking out giants.

Anthony Yarde

If someone said at the end of 2016 that I'd be ranked No.1 in England, have three titles and be ranked top ten in the world at the end of 2017, I would have said probably not.

Anthony Yarde

When I told people my plan was to knock everyone out in the amateurs and become world champion as quickly as I could as a professional, a lot of people said it was impossible.

Anthony Yarde

One day guns were pulled on us by older guys. My friend had gone to sell his moped and they took the moped, my friend's phone and some money. But all he got from my pocket was a tub of Vaseline. I remember him saying, 'Oh, he's a sweet boy' and throwing my Vaseline on the floor.

Anthony Yarde

People always say 'I will fight for a world title in a year' but that sort of thing is not down to me. I feel my job is to be ready when it comes, I just need to know it is coming.

Anthony Yarde

As fighters we want to do the best we can, so we visualize what we want to happen.

Anthony Yarde

People talk about world title offers, but boxing is not a sprint, it's a marathon.

Anthony Yarde

I have learned in boxing to separate emotion from your job and the time in the ring. When it comes to anything that causes an emotional trigger I try to clear my head.

Anthony Yarde

I don't need to worry about what other people are talking about me. Instead, I focus on the people talking positive and all the positive things that I know I am doing.

Anthony Yarde

Nobody has really gone out to Russia to fight somebody like Kovalev. A lot of people are paying attention to it and can't believe what I'm doing. Some people think I'm going to pull out. I've seen comments saying 'Oh this is a good publicity stunt' and I was just laughing. They don't understand.

Anthony Yarde

100 percent, I'm a natural athlete. From when I was younger, I played so many different sports and I've got a competitive mindset.

Anthony Yarde

Stop being childish. Use your time better - better yourself. Read a book, or do a workout exercise on YouTube.

Anthony Yarde

I don't want to become world champion and lose it immediately. I want to become world champion, take over the division and take it from there.

Anthony Yarde