My first world title gave me the confidence to go and do bigger and better things.

I've been giving a little gamble on the roulette and just sitting having a coffee with the fans, chatting away.

Winning the IBF title was the greatest night of my life. To give it up outside the ring is truly painful.

I'm going to say hello to two friends who I've shut out of my life for the past 10 weeks while I trained the hardest I've ever done for a fight. So welcome back Mr Guinness and Mr Dom Perignon.

I've got a problem with my legs, they just can't walk past a chippy.

He's won't push me back on the night and he certainly wasn't going to push me back up there.

I have no fear in moving up (in weight) and fighting.

What sort of champion would I be if I just stayed in my normal weight division and didn't take the big challenges on? Bring them on, that's what Ricky Hatton's all about.

As an amateur, I couldn't get many fights. No one would fight me when I was a schoolboy.

The one thing that's hurt in my career is people saying I don't want to come out of Manchester to fight people.

Depression is very bad illness. This will be the toughest fight of my life.

Kissing her to keep her quiet was the best idea that he’d had all week. One hand drifted into her loose hair as she responded to each kiss, while the other caught her waist and held her close to him.

The only thing I command is respect.

We are unceasing spiritual beings with an eternal destiny in God's great universe.

College is a place to keep warm between high school and an early marriage.

Forms of expression always appear turgid to those who do not share the emotions they represent.

It seems like all the sitcoms on now, the families are kind of dysfunctional.

I took piano lessons when I was like 5 or 6 but that was a long time ago. I stopped when I was 13.

To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.

Success doesn't come to you; you must go to it. The trail is well traveled. If you want to walk it, you can.

Lloyd Richards is another director who was like that, who was a teacher.