Joseph Parker Quotes

In boxing, you get hit, it's painful, then you sit on the stool when the adrenaline is gone and you feel that pain. And then you fight the next round.

I've had loads of kicks over the years, and I'm not really too fussed about them. I get kicked, and I don't like to roll around or anything. I like to get back up pretty quickly, even if it hurt.

I've even fought with a broken hand, against Brian Magee.

You don't want the fight to stop on a cut or something like that. You want to finish the fight. You always have the idea that you have the chance to stay in a fight, because one blow can end it all.

I got knocked down, I don't know how many years ago and I haven't been off my feet since, and I responded again against the best in division without the respect of having the chin I'm supposed to have.

People think that boxing is all about how hard you can hit your opponent. It's not. Boxing is about how hard a hit you can take and keep going.

Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him.

Ali had a break that was an inch and a half long, and you keep getting hit as hard and as much as I hit Ali, the pain would take over and you would pass out.

We use the term 'fight' very lightly - 'I've been fighting so hard to get my car, I've been fighting so hard to get that job, I've been fighting so hard to get that girl.' But the reality is boxers do fight bitterly to get whatever they want or whatever they need in life, and most of them come from nothing, which is the case of Roberto Duran.

I lost my first professional fight, but came back and won fights until I fought for the world title.

I live for the pressure, I live for the moments when I'm deep in the match, out of breath, hurt and feel like throwing up. It's in those moments that I push through, I keep punching, I keep going forward, because no matter what, I will never stop.

If something happens and you're behind, and you get hit in the mouth early like that, you have two options: You can either pack it in mentally and internally and go into survival mode and quit, or you're going to get up and go to work.

I'm confident that I can go in and fight for 12 rounds and win a decision.

I broke my back, I broke my ankle. I didn't cry then.

Something's bound to happen to you in a tough fight: cut eye, broken nose or broken hand or something like that. So you could make excuses out of anything, you know, but you got to keep on going if you're a champ or you're a contender.

I love going to the ring hurt or sick or tired and trying to figure out how to win anyway.

I've been in the boxing ring, taking punches to my face. I've always got back up.

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've had a couple knockouts, but I feel good.

When I get in there, I try to really make sure there's no quit in me and that whoever I fight is going to have a long night.

I've never pulled out of a fight, never not showed up to fight, so injured or not, I'm coming.

I cant remember the last time I went in the ring feeling whole. The pain is something you learn to live with. Some guys don't and they don't last.

You win some, you lose some. You get hit you don't get hit, but it's not about how hard you get hit. I think it's about how hard you get hit, then still get up and deliver an even harder punch. I think that's what it is all about.

Like I say, boxing was on the floor, but it got back up.

I'm devastated with the injury but I've proved my heart and skill to everyone by fighting one handed for eight rounds.