Amir Khan

You have to be confident when you've got someone in front of you who wants to beat you and take the title from you. But I think people mistake my confidence for arrogance or cockiness. ”

I've been working a lot on my lateral movement, and angles - it's coming natural to me now - and on different techniques, keeping my hands right. ”

The Prescott fight made me change from a boy to a man: it took me out of my comfort zone because when you lose a fight, you look at the mistakes and everything. That is what happened. I've changed from a boy to a man. ”

I think I'm one of the hardest-training fighters in the world. ”

Of course I will turn professional at some stage. Then I want to be a world champion and finish up a legend and be out of the sport by the time I am 27. ”

You're always just one punch away from getting hurt. But look, if it's going to happen, it's going to happen. I think I'm going to walk out of this sport of boxing when I think it's the right time. ”

I've been boxing since I was eight, and that's a long time to take punches day after day. ”

Mayweather does tease people all the time. He likes to get under your skin. That's what he's like. ”

I've won the world title - what I've dreamt of since the age of eight. ”

I want to retire from boxing by the time I am 25 or 26 and be a legend by that age. ”