FRANK BRUNO

Sometimes your dreams come true.

I don't normally watch myself on the telly.

Journalists have always written that my mum said that I punched a hole through my cot when I was three years old. I don't remember doing that, and I think it was more that I was very energetic.

My head has got regrets, but I haven't.

If you say you've had a nervous breakdown or things aren't right mentally, people run away from you. They think you're from 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest,' you know.

My trainer, George Francis, used to train a lot of African boxers. They're hungry guys, man. They've got no trainers, got nothing. They're so hungry to do boxing, to make some money.

I'm not really a cutter-off sort of person. I'll chat to anybody.

Some people like going to the pub; I enjoy going to the gym.

Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker... anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt.

Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world. You've got all the fans, lots of hangers-on jumping up and shouting different words. But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.

When I came into boxing, I brought it to the next level with adverts and doing pantomime and people just got jealous of me doing that.

Sometimes when you have bipolar you have days you are grumpy and not feeling yourself.

There's enough pressure in life without seeking competition. That makes it double pressure.

I try and maintain a little bit of fitness, man.

Mental illness is a very powerful thing. If it is with you it is probably going to be there until the day you die. I am trying so hard to break mine, but it is not easy. It is my toughest fight ever.

People take the mickey out of mental health, but it is very delicate.

I still get invitations from all over Europe to speak at dinners, and it's an honour that promoters and charities can use me to create income.

But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.

If your brain's not right they have good people at the NHS to help you fix it and talk to and counselling to calm you down and to focus you.

I ain't got no right to judge someone.

I wouldn't mind getting emotionally involved with a woman.

People need to have compassion for others.

When you're a man you try and be macho.

I speak African. I can even speak Italian.

If you're not balanced, your mind's not balanced... my fuse went.