Joe Calzaghe Quotes

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Joe Calzaghe

Profession : Athlete

Birth : March 23, 1972

When I boxed against Jeff Lacy, that was one fight that I was so proud of.

Joe Calzaghe

I pick my nose quite a bit.

Joe Calzaghe

Spiders - hate 'em.

Joe Calzaghe

I don't want my career to peter out fighting meaningless fights; I want to go against the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world.

Joe Calzaghe

When it comes to the singing part, I think I missed the boat - the whole family can sing except for me. But they can't fight, so I suppose I've been a bit more successful than them there.

Joe Calzaghe

I liked 'The Office' when it was on.

Joe Calzaghe

It's not just a trainer - as a man, my dad was unbelievable. Even outside boxing, he was my friend as well. We were boxer and trainer in the gym, but as soon as that bell goes, we'd have a cup of tea, and we'd go on about normal life. We would just leave that bit behind. That's how we kept going.

Joe Calzaghe

Ideally, it would be nice if you could earn enough money to kick on from boxing and use the finances to start a business. Realistically, that doesn't happen.

Joe Calzaghe

I try to work out about four or five times a week. I'll do a little bit of cardio, half hour on the punchbag, or just go for a jog.

Joe Calzaghe

I do like to travel.

Joe Calzaghe

We had nothing, no money, when I was young. We lived in a council house. My dad struggled; my mum struggled. But that made me what I am. If I had everything on a plate from the start, maybe I would not have been a champion for 11 years.

Joe Calzaghe

I can't understand it myself - how nervous I was when I took the floor for 'Strictly Come Dancing.' I walk out with 50,000 people gathered in the Millennium Stadium to fight Mikkel Kessler in the unification fight for the super middleweight division in 2007, and I feel great... and here I am, wearing tight pants and Cuban heels, and freaking out.

Joe Calzaghe

Fighters never realise when it is time to walk away. They can't leave the buzz and adoration that surrounds being champion.

Joe Calzaghe

My father was a cocky, long-haired musician, a songwriter.

Joe Calzaghe

It's one of the biggest disappointments of my boxing career, not going to the Olympics.

Joe Calzaghe

I appreciate what I've achieved, and nearly all of that is because of my dad. He pushed me to train harder than I would have done if he wasn't there to discipline me.

Joe Calzaghe

My mum is the opposite of my dad. She's a very private person, very shy and totally against boxing. She never watched any of my fights live. She hated me doing it.

Joe Calzaghe

I was born in London but brought up in Wales from the age of two.

Joe Calzaghe

I like to give my kids the life I didn't have - they go to an excellent school; they have nice clothes, money for shopping. I'm quite generous with them, but they have fantastic manners - they're not spoilt.

Joe Calzaghe

I remember every defeat I suffered as an amateur. They were rare enough to be burned into my brain, and that's why I can't bear the thought of losing.

Joe Calzaghe