Family is paramount, I am the baby of the family, I get looked after, everyone spoils me and I couldn't live without them. They are my life, and they keep me grounded. If I get out of line, my mum will tell me off.
I'm not good with jokes, no. I don't know a joke at all. I like being told jokes, but I can't tell one myself.
The right shoulder is vital, being the one with which the southpaw employs his fast, and very effective, jab, which remains the cornerstone of his work.
I'm a victim of my own success.
I'm a good boy, I eat up all my vegetables.
The worst thing is having to make weight before a fight. It's hard to cut down.
I'm not really a reader, but every Thursday and Friday I read my Boxing News. I read the papers every day, but I'm not really a book reader.
It's a tough business, boxing, but I've got my family and a great team.
Amateur boxing is like a game but you have to be spiteful as a pro. I've got that spiteful streak. I've always had it - just ask my mum and dad.
People think I'm tough and arrogant but I've got feelings.
All boxers are OCD. You can see a bit of OCD in me before I go into the ring. I can't put on my right boot before my left. It's the same with my gloves. It's got to always be the left foot and the left hand first. I would freak out if I did it differently. I have to do the left first because that's the way I done it when I won the Olympics.
If I won another gold medal in 2012, in my home city, imagine that. To be the face of 2012, that'd be unbelievable.
Hit and move, that's amateur boxing and that's what I'm good at.
I can beat anyone in the world.
If it's got to be boring, it will be boring. Hit and run. I'll take that.
It is a difficult decision, either to turn pro or stay amateur.
I'm lucky that I have got good parents behind me.
We have had no bonuses for winning Olympic medals, I haven't even had a call from the ABA. I was on assisted performance funding, but I had that stopped.
I will be a world champion, I'm going to do it.
People are saying I hold and spoil, but you don't get to win Olympic gold without a bit of power and ability.
I love all the attention I've got since becoming Olympic champion and being asked to go to different events, but boxing is what I do.
I'm the Marmite of boxing.
Don't let the good looks and the playboy image fool you. I'm very serious.
I could have ended up in a gang or in prison because Harlesden is real rough and I was always a naughty boy. That's how I got into boxing.
In life most of us are only really good at one thing - and with me it's boxing.
Don't worry, everyone - I'm not going to be just this silly little idiot who thinks he's 'it,' who has been to the Olympics, won a gold medal and come back thinking he's 'it.' That isn't me, trust me.
I'd like to win the British belt outright.
By 2012 I'm going to be a world champion or knocking on the door for a world title.
Money comes and goes.
When I'm not preparing for a fight, I like to chill, go to the cinema and socialise with my mates.
I've got the 'fat gene' in my family, so I've always got to watch what I eat.
Prior to a fight when I have to make weight, obviously I can't eat all the rubbish - chocolate and stuff like that. Straight after I can relax and eat what I want.
Losing weight for me is about eating healthy and training hard and the weight falls off me.
The fight with Groves is in the past.
All I get on my Twitter is 'Please fight Groves again' and 'Why won't Froch take the fight?' and 'Get in the mix... ' But it's just so hard to do that. I wish it were easy.
The first couple of years of my career were going fantastic, everything running smoothly. I was the next best thing. Obviously there were problems that were out of my hands, changing promoters and all different things behind the scenes that people don't see.
I've boxed all around the world.
When you're not happy doing your job, it's hard work, right?
I've been saying for years, Froch is an easy fight, chin's up in the air, feet are all over the place, technically terrible. But he's tough, he's strong, he's fit for 12 rounds, he comes on strong the last few rounds.
I boxed for the British title in my ninth fight.
Groves is a fool. Groves is a fake. I will never let him belittle me like he's done with Carl Froch.
I always said that I am all wrong for Froch. I have huge respect for him, but when we fight I am very confident in beating him.
I had something called Gilmore's groin.
Listen, if anyone hits you on the chin you are probably going to get hurt.
Believe it or not, I do get a lot of love on the streets.
I think once I win this fight against Andre Dirrell I will get a lot more respect.
I will take on any super middleweight in the world.
I'm hard to beat when I'm at my best. I'm telling you, I'm hard to beat.
My whole career, all I've been building up to is winning a world title.
It's an unbelievable feeling. I'm world champ. I'm world champ! I made history.