Ricky Hatton Quotes

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Ricky Hatton

Profession : Athlete

Birth : October 6, 1978

People say, 'We remember the good times.' Well I remember the bad times.

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Life kicks you hard but you have to be a man to come back.

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My mum and dad had four pubs when we were growing up, but the main one was the New Inn in Hattersley, on the estate. It was a very good pub.

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I want my kids to be proud of me.

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Sir Alex Ferguson sent me a letter wishing me good luck before my fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. He also sent me a United shirt, signed by all of the players. It was a really nice touch and typical of the man who has always made himself available to managers in this country whenever they've needed advice.

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Kostya Tszyu was the best payday of my career to that point, even though I thought it should have been better.

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I want to go down as a champion who redeemed himself, made up for letting everyone down and regained his self-respect.

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The thing is with boxers we don't come from Cambridge and places like that, we come from council estates. So in boxing it's very, very hard.

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First time I had my defeat, it was very hard to come to terms with.

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My second pro fight was at Madison Square Garden, on the undercard of Naseem Hamed's fight against Kevin Kelley.

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Would I change anything? I don't know, that's a double edge sword for me.

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Ultimately when I fell out with my parents, I hit rock bottom. I didn't care whether I lived or died to be honest with you.

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I was always very depressed, even when I was a youngster.

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I've always been the local lad, boy done well, kid next door.

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It's a hard game, boxing. You're up every morning running every day, you train in the afternoon, you're dieting, you're up and down in weight and it can wear you down.

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I don't mind getting beaten by Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr and people like that, but I'd hate to go into a training camp with my heart not fully in it and risk getting beaten by somebody who shouldn't be beating me.

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If, and when, I do eventually decide to retire, the announcement will be made by myself. I feel that I have earned the right to do it myself.

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If I'm going to end my career, I want to end my career at the top.

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I've fought at such a high level I couldn't have people look at me and say, 'well, he's just fought someone to knock them over.'

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I was getting depressed, I was going out, having a few drinks and the worst thing you can do with depression is add alcohol to it.

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