George Groves Quotes

In boxing, there are no bad guys or good guys. Just people trying to make a living and trying to live up to their pride and to try to become someone.

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.

When I say I am going to win a world title, I mean it; when I say I'll fight the best, I mean it; I say I'll fight Joe Calzaghe because I wanted to. When he vacated, I lost sleep over that. It had nothing to do with money or the belt. He was renowned as the best super-middleweight in the world and that is what I want to be.

My first goal was to become world champion and I did that against Ricky Burns at 135. Once I conquered that, I set myself another goal and another goal.

I grew up watching the careers of Tyson and Bowe. I always wanted to follow in their footsteps in becoming a world champion. But I've always been my own man.

I will be a complete man, a complete athlete, with a fight with Roy Jones Jr.

I want to fight guys who are in the title mix.

I turned pro to be a world champion. Obviously that's the first goal, but I want to be the best in the world.

I can take over boxing with a win over Pacquiao.

The Commonwealth is one of three belts I want to win before going for a world title.

If I had the medical clearance to fight, I would want to fight the best. The best would be Mayweather.

Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.

If I don't knock out Lennox Lewis, I am going to beat the hell out of him.

Yes, I think about having a career in boxing, but I want to start from the bottom, start from zero. I want to get ranked and one day fight for a belt. I don't want to fight just to fight, for money, to go after big fights and challenge a great champion.

I'm not going to say I'm not ready for a fighter like Canelo Alvarez.

I don't want my career to peter out fighting meaningless fights; I want to go against the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world.

I just want to fight the best guys that there is in the world and make the most money out of it.

And that's what I want to do, fight the best guys, the toughest guys to prove I am the best.

I always thought I would be a boxing champion.

My dad had his dream of being a champion boxing trainer. He accomplished that.

I am ready to defeat Manny Pacquiao. Dude, I'm the champion of the world.

When I was young, I used to dream about seeing myself with the world title, with the WBC belt.

In boxing you can be the most talented fighter out there but you need people to watch and I'm fortunate that I'm in that situation.

I'm chasing gold. And whatever fight can get me closer to being a world champion, those are the fights that I want.

Fighting in a heavier weight class is a big achievement on its own.