It's in my DNA to fight and entertain.

It would be good to fight Roy Jones. I've always admired him, and I think this would be a great fight for the fans.

I'm pretty excited: to be inducted into the Hall of Fame is a massive achievement... and to be inducted with Oscar de la Hoya and Felix Trinidad, two great fighters, is a massive honour for me and my family.

My mum is the opposite of my dad. She's a very private person, very shy and totally against boxing. She never watched any of my fights live. She hated me doing it.

Roy Jones is a difficult fight.

I was told as a teenager I'd never box again. I had a really bad wrist injury; I couldn't even shadow box for six months. I went through surgery just to try and manage it.

If I'm greedy and keep chasing the money, it's inevitable I will be beaten one day.

Amateur boxing is one of the safest sports around.

My natural weight is 13 st. 7 lb. That's what I walk around at.

We had nothing, no money, when I was young. We lived in a council house. My dad struggled; my mum struggled. But that made me what I am. If I had everything on a plate from the start, maybe I would not have been a champion for 11 years.

I never really, really pushed my boys into boxing, but I guess it's in the blood.

My career has been very difficult. People respect the fact that I haven't just turned professional like Amir Khan or Audley Harrison, and it's been, 'Here's a million pound' - for spoilt brats to fight a couple of fights.

Before the Roy Jones fight, I knew I was going to retire because I couldn't train, my hands had gone, and the hunger had gone.

Having been a fighter for 25 years, I know how to handle the fear. The fear is there, but I use it to motivate me.

I find it quite sad to see the likes of Evander Holyfield carrying on past their sell-by date.

I'm somebody from a little tiny town, who had boxed in leisure centres, and my last fight was in Madison Square Garden against one of the greats. What a great way to finish off.

I thank God that I had such an amazing father who was my trainer as well.

I embraced every struggle because it made me the fighter I was.

Boxing was my destiny.

I didn't like school at all. I was bullied and didn't have a good time. Boxing was my escapism, and the ring was where I felt best.

I pick my nose quite a bit.

When I was 17, my mum made me work in a cake factory for three days - I hated it.

Spiders - hate 'em.

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.

When it comes to the singing part, I think I missed the boat - the whole family can sing except for me. But they can't fight, so I suppose I've been a bit more successful than them there.

I liked 'The Office' when it was on.

Boxing's in my blood, so I'll always stay involved in that, and I'll probably do a bit of TV work as well, commentary and that.

Ideally, it would be nice if you could earn enough money to kick on from boxing and use the finances to start a business. Realistically, that doesn't happen.

I try to work out about four or five times a week. I'll do a little bit of cardio, half hour on the punchbag, or just go for a jog.

I do like to travel.

I can't understand it myself - how nervous I was when I took the floor for 'Strictly Come Dancing.' I walk out with 50,000 people gathered in the Millennium Stadium to fight Mikkel Kessler in the unification fight for the super middleweight division in 2007, and I feel great... and here I am, wearing tight pants and Cuban heels, and freaking out.

Fighters never realise when it is time to walk away. They can't leave the buzz and adoration that surrounds being champion.

It's one of the biggest disappointments of my boxing career, not going to the Olympics.

I appreciate what I've achieved, and nearly all of that is because of my dad. He pushed me to train harder than I would have done if he wasn't there to discipline me.

I was born in London but brought up in Wales from the age of two.

I remember every defeat I suffered as an amateur. They were rare enough to be burned into my brain, and that's why I can't bear the thought of losing.

If you know you're just fighting for the money and you're not fighting for the championship, you're going to lose, so I thought, 'It's time for me to quit.'

Promoting is a no-no - that's hard work. Training is a full-time job, but I don't have time to do that full-time. But managing is something I'll be good at.

I'm close to achieving something that very few boxers ever have - and that is to retire undefeated, like Rocky Marciano.

Why am I not a household name in Britain? Why have I not got the recognition I deserve after so long? I think the fact that none of my fights are seen on terrestrial television is significant but, other than that, I don't exactly know. I really don't.

When I was 14, I told my careers adviser that I was going to be a world champion boxer. Of course she laughed.

You think that after becoming world champion, you're going to be a massive superstar with lots of lucrative bouts against great fighters, but that never materialised for me.

I'm a boxer, and every fight could be my last. You just have to remember Michael Watson to know what boxing can do to you.

You have to try things in life.

My first boxing memory is watching Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard on television.

Test match cricket - it's the most boring thing to watch. How they call themselves sportsmen I'll never know.

I prayed before fights. Especially just before I got in to the ring. But I'd also have my iPod on, Prodigy and Linkin Park ripping through my ears.

You can never say never in this game, but I can't see myself boxing again. There's loads of things I want to do.

I'm proud to be one of only a few fighters in history to retire undefeated.

I believe amateur boxing training should be available in schools. Not for all, but for those who want to.