Amateur Experience Quotes

For me, a late start was a good thing. A lot of kids who start too early get bored. I'd done all the things I wanted to do, I'd enjoyed myself, having fun and playing as an amateur and that was important.

I've won junior titles, ABA titles and boxed for England all over the world against future Olympic champions as an amateur - and then beat world-class fighters as a professional.

The Olympics are the biggest thing in boxing and the more you do as an amateur, the better deal you get as a pro.

A great champion needs a background in amateur boxing, I’'m convinced of that. There you learn everything that you’ll need later as a pro. Someone who’s got more than 400 amateur fights behind him no longer gets nervous before going into the ring and doesn’t lose his nerve during a fight. You know all the boxing styles, you’re prepared for anything, you’ve got the pedigree that you need to be a successful pro.

I was 20, I was an amateur from 14 but my first professional role was at 22.

I have a background in erotic dancing, but that's mostly just - it's not professional, it's just amateur.

My dad's been giving me Snickers since I was six years old. Since I first turned amateur, my dad's been giving it to me.

When you step foot into your first professional tournament, everything you've done in your amateur career really doesn't matter any more.

There wasn't anyone in my family who was involved in the theatre. I saw a few amateur plays when I was growing up, but I can't think of anything that happened or anybody in particular who inspired me; it all came from within.

I grew up in the amateurs.