The fact is I have lost a fight, and I accept the loss from Allah. That's the way a real fighter and a real man goes out.
Naseem Hamed
A revelation came to me at 16. All true princes must someday become kings.
When I get knocked down, I'm going to get up and knock you down - and I'm going to hurt you.
I've got music in my head when I fight. I've got a certain rhythm, a certain way of fighting, a certain relaxation where I can let myself go.
I'm blessed with a gift from God. When you're blessed, you have an advantage. You know you're not going to get beat when you're fighting with a gift. You're fighting with something that God has given you.
I'm going to smash Wayne McCullough to bits. And when you see him smashed to bits, you're going to see the same thing I'd have done to Barry McGuigan, his friend and idol.
I'm not immortal. I'm not unbeatable.
When I win, I send shock waves through the boxing world.
No one can stand up to the extraordinary power of my fists.
I'm going to take Barrera out in devastating style with unbelievably hard shots. He's tailor-made for me, and I will fit him with a suit to wear on the canvas.
I made a prediction when I was 11 that I would be world champion by the time I was 21, and I did it.
In Arabic, 'Naseem' means a gentle breeze. But inside the guy's a monster.
I honestly can't see myself losing.
Amir Khan is Amir Khan. He's a great fighter; he's got great attributes. But Prince Naseem brought something completely different to any other fighter in the whole world.
I'm sure there are talented Arab fighters out there waiting to be discovered.
I'm not saying I'm Mr Goody Two Shoes. I'm not. But if you try to rough me up, I'm going to body-slam you. I'm going to do everything I have to do psychologically to tell you that you are not stronger than me.
Who do you know, who could come out on a flying carpet? P. Diddy standing at the bottom, come out like a concert, dancing, oozing confidence, and then get in and take somebody out? Come on, do you know anybody in the history of the sport that did what Prince Naseem did? I ain't trying to brag, but I was bloody good at it.
When I was fighting, there was no boxing in Saudi Arabia because it was forbidden.
I found boxing so, so easy with incredible power, speed, and accuracy.
I came out out at the age of 28 and knew I'd had one loss on points, and the only reason I had that loss was that the fight was taken too soon. I lost two and a half stone in eight weeks, which was virtually impossible, but I made it, and I still got that big cheque!
I agree that some of my performances in America, apart from having drama and excitement, have been a little under my estimation for performance.
Nobody's going to help me when I get in that ring. That's how I like it: the responsibility's on me, and whatever happens is down to me, nobody else.
I want to be remembered as the man who changed the pay scale for featherweights, who put the sparkle back in boxing after Muhammad Ali left, the man who took risks with his ring entrance, the man who, before the fight, would do a front flip into the ring without even thinking about turning an ankle, and then knocking his man out. I mean out.
From the age of seven, I was destined to be a legend, to be the world's most popular fighter.
Getting beaten is sometimes a good thing. If you're a positive person, you can turn it around and make it into a good thing.
I remember when Muhammad Ali got beaten the first time. I remember when Lennox Lewis got beaten the first time, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson. All of those were legendary fighters, and they came back, and that's what made them different - what they did after they got beat.
I like Carl Frampton; he gets down to business.
With age, you become more humble, more wise.
The Scottish public are a great public.
The core of my life is Islam, my religion. Without that, I have no strength, no belief in God or in myself.
My parents brought me up to speak the way I speak, to hold my head up high, to know wrong from right and to have manners.
My mother asks me what round I'd like to win in, and she prays for that.
I'm not selfish before a fight or afterwards, but for the time of the fight itself, I have to think totally of myself.
I don't know what other fighters do, but when I get hit and go down, I smile and I say, 'I'm going to hit you harder than you hit me, and I'm going to knock you out.' The times I go down and get back up - that's when I'm the most dangerous.
I could never say that fear really gets to me. I'm not one of those fighters like Nigel Benn who says, 'I thrive on fear.' I walk through fear.
I'm taught to adapt and exploit every situation in the ring.
I don't need to concentrate or meditate before a fight. I'm the kind of guy who'll be having a laugh in the dressing room 10 minutes before the fight - that's me.
I fall back on my faith; whatever happens, whatever goes wrong in your life, Muslims thank God because it could have gone worse.
I thought after that fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, if this was supposed to be fight of the decade, then people must be missing me a lot more.
My heart was bursting with pride the night I fought Steve Robinson in Wales, and I made the champion look like the challenger.
Being a fighter is no joke. Year in and year out. Especially as a world champion. All eyes are on you, and you can't go where you want, eat what you want.
Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua? Styles make fights, and that would be a great clash of styles and a great clash of personalities.
It sounds so early - retiring at 28. But I don't feel it's that early for me. If you're blessed enough and you're gifted and you're lucky enough, and you've got a fortunate career, then you can take that step back. I'm just happy that I did it.
In my eyes, I just can't be beaten.
You can't duplicate me. A lot of fighters come out with a certain amount of style, and I like to see that, but they get smashed up a little bit.
If it is written for me to lose, I'll lose with dignity and give credit.
GGG is a great fighter, but he hasn't got the ability that Kell has - Brook is the far superior boxer.
Thing is - I'm easily imitated, never duplicated.
I lit up the Middle East when I lit up the world in the 1990s and gave people here something to be proud of.
It doesn't mean much to me if I'm behind or not in a fight; the fact is that I hold these guns in my right and left hands.
