Joseph Parker Quotes

You don't hurt 'em if you don't hit 'em.

I've had two fights in my life. Both times I threw one punch, and both times I broke my hand! I really am a stranger to the world of fighting.

When I go into the ring, I don't hate opponents, and I certainly don't want to hurt them.

Punching your weight is one of boxing's most sensible rules. It's a handy one to abide by whether your battles lie in or out of a ring.

I'm always going to say I'm going to knock someone out.

Just my two cents: Even as a Christian, I love boxing because it's the ultimate stand-alone test of a competitor's skill and will. Just two opponents, lightly gloved, and a referee ready to jump in and stop it the moment he believes one opponent can no longer defend himself.

Before boxing, I was this angry kid ready to fight if someone said, 'Hello.'

My brother and I were still in high school playing football, and we were both middleweight, and we couldn't find anyone else to fight in our weight class, so we'd fight each other. I was a stand-up fighter, and Ike was a weaving type of fighter, and we fought that way out there at Cy Young's farm, and we put on quite a show.

You can promote fights - of course, you have to - you can say 'I'll beat you' or whatever, but you cannot put family, religion, anything like that in the mix. You need to separate things. That is a line a lot of fighters cross.

I'm very violent in the ring. I don't know if it's the Italian temper, I can get very nasty in there. But outside, I'm the easiest-going guy in the world.

I get along just fine with Woodley. He's actually showed me a lot things in the past, and I've worked with him in the past training to help him get ready to fight. There's no hard feelings if me and hit had to scrap.

Kirkland and Khan are chinny fighters. I am not like that.

When you get hurt it's hard to judge when it's the right time to pull out of a fight.

There's no such thing as holding back. I want to finish as soon as possible. The only time I did it was because he was a friend of mine. It was against Thales Leites. We went until the last round because he's a friend of mine, and I respect him.

The reason I like Olympic boxing is that all the best fighters come together and find out who the best fighter is.

I'm competitive when I fight, but I don't get emotionally involved.

Even if you see me fighting, don't assume I am a bad person.

I think fans expect fighters to beat each other up, and what I expect out of myself is to stay of trouble.

I love to fight, but it's not just about the fight. You have to be healthy.

I'm against the fighting. But sometimes when you're trying to help your team, trying to win the games, there are moments when you need to get a little aggressive.

When I was younger, I was an aggressive fighter but I'm growing into someone who understands we don't have to answer things with violence.

I'm a professional; I'd never fight against Mirko or anyone else not being prepared.

People who don't understand fighting think you need to hate somebody to beat them. But I keep hate and anger out of boxing, because it causes mistakes.

Even though you think boxing is a contact sport, it teaches you not to fight on the street, to behave. It gives you discipline and self-control.

When it comes to fighting and other fighters, I try to be respectful.