Buster Douglas Quotes

I still can improve a lot on my defense. I just have to keep perfecting my skills and keep progressing. You're going to see a better Errol Spence next time I get in the ring.

Choosing a system is no longer enough, coaches have to be psychologists and motivational leaders too.

I'm a football manager, a football coach; I can't be expected to pontificate on everything.

I work with one of the best striking coaches in the world, Henri Hooft.

Everybody knows how to get prepared for an MMA fight. Everybody knows what the other person is going to do. Whereas when I did it, MMA was really style against style. Things you hadn't seen before, you'd see for the first time. People didn't know how to train properly for it, and the coaching wasn't there yet, either.

It's important for the coach when you arrive to understand the players and to understand every single player's strength and their weakness.

Do I beat a fully fledged, fully fit Tyson Fury? Probably not. But do I beat a Tyson Fury that's been out of the ring for two years? Yes.

My dad would always give me a Snickers before a fight. It gives me energy. It gives me everything I need to get the win.

First I tried karate but I didn't like it because it was boring. There was no action like you see in the movies.

Every coach will have good and bad.

Even just my basics are so effective against a guy like Max Holloway.

I've definitely got better over the years at conserving my energy in pre-season - at knowing what to focus on and what to let go.

For me, growing up, I'd always been a part of team sports, except for when I was boxing.

I train with young guys in the offseason just to be honest and keep myself sure, to let myself know if I'm ready or will I be ready.

From the very beginning, every time I trained for a fight, I didn't train to beat the guy I was fighting. I trained to beat Anderson Silva.

There are still so many issues around young players, and we need to find the right way for them. What is really important? What does he need for his self-belief? For his development?

In MMA, all of these coaches are doing their best.

In football, any team can still improve, in every sense.

I always trained with men, and always had to use all my power and strength to win in the gym. When I tapped men in training, I thought if I finished a man, the fight will be easy. But that's not how it works and not how I should think. A fight is completely different, and that became an issue.

When we are with the national team we are playing against much better players.

I go inside the Octagon for fight. I don't joke, because it's danger.

Every coach has his own ideas about managing the team and how it plays.

The cut made me hate the process of getting ready for a fight. I was focused on how to make weight instead of how to beat my opponent.

Thanks to Coach Bennett for a great education in basketball and for making me better.

If I do consider fighting, it won't be until after the Olympic games in 2020, and then from there I'll reevaluate, see if it's something that would be a realistic option for me.