Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but I'm not treating my opponent like my enemy. We're doing a job to entertain people.

I was just doing my job in the ring and doing my best to make people happy.

Boxing is not about your feelings. It's about performance.

I've already established my (political)machinery. It's like a car. It's fixed already. You just have to get in and drive it.

So many people have said to me that when you become a school parent, it is like going back to school yourself. Some of those insecurities come out and are projected through your child.

My mother hid the struggle from us children. She complained about her salary, and she had a tough time. Although she became a headmistress, she still had to do a lot of sewing. The more I think about her, the more remarkable I realise she was. And she understood straight away when I said that I wanted to write.

For Mum and Dad... work and home is family, so work is family and home is family. We grew up with that.

No parents deserve to see their only child die.