Vitali Klitschko Quotations

We decided the trauma I received would not allow me to enter the ring on November 12.

Simple pictures with lots of flowers, trees and green - full of emotion and positive energy. You can see at once they all have a very positive attitude. They are open to everyone. We just have to help them along in life.

I am really happy that Rahman beat Monte Barrett, ... I want to beat Hasim Rahman very much. His mouth and talk proves nothing to me. I think real fighters do not perform in the press, they perform in the ring.

I had a special bandage fitted to my knee but sparring was still difficult,

He is a strong fighter. A great fighter, his record speaks for itself. I mean everybody who gets in there (with Vitali) basically gets knocked out, probably the toughest fight I have ever had. I think we devised a game plan to be mentally and physically ready to show you all something that you have never seen before. So if you miss this one, you will certainly miss the best fight of my career and I have had some good fights.

Recently I have been fighting more often with injuries than with my opponents. It's hard to retire from this sport, but I want to finish my career at the summit and leave the way open for my successors.

My personal opinion he's the strongest fighter in the heavyweight division right now. He has a lot of weapons. I don't want to make the same mistake as Lennox Lewis.

I will undergo another medical examination on Monday and Tuesday, that will give further evidence of how severe the injury of my knee is. By then, it will also be clear, how much treatment will be required and how long it would take me to be fully restored again. Depending on this, we will find out a new date for my fight, and I will start to renew my preparation as soon as possible.

I'm hungry about boxing because the break has been so long.

My bother had a year's pause, but he is coming back,

The decision to end was hard to make. But I would like to end my career on top and with my retirement make the way free for my successor.

It's not true. I'm ready to fight against everyone. I am world champion.

I want to become Kiev mayor because I love my city very much and want to improve life in it.

Snow from yesterday. Everything is healed. I'm healthy and I don't want to think about it anymore. I'm feeling great. In seven weeks, I will be in top form.

I had a dream after the fight. I won the fight. But in my fight record I was losing. Not just me but the media and all boxing fans wait for a second fight. And I will be very happy to fight him again but it does not depend on me.

I love my native city Kiev and want to make life better there.

I know he is a gentleman and everybody wants to see a second fight

I came about something of what no sportsman can be insured of. This is a trauma. On Thursday evening, when I was in the sparring at the Pound-4-Pound Gym in LA, I injured my right knee in the eighth round. After careful examinations it turned out to be a trauma of the meniscus in the right knee.

You talk about me, I am chicken to fight you. That's not true. I bring you dessert on November 12th.

Many people wants to be the president...they have ambition. Just ambition is not enough.

People power. It has no limits. In politics, every politician in Ukraine is afraid of that. They know, if people go to the streets, nobody feels safe.

Tired? I don't think so. I'm in such good shape that I could box even 25 rounds.

Chess and boxing have a lot in common, as both sports rely on the right strategy.

You are a real champion. You talk a lot over the past six months and it is going to be great to show you inside the ring how it is better to resolve wars. Let's talk in the office.

I was actually very surprised, and I told myself wow, I want to fight this guy.

I want to become Kiev's mayor because I love my city very much and want to improve life in it.

Unfortunately, I've been fighting injuries recently more than facing rivals in the ring.

All boxing experts told Helenius is the next world champion! Chisora beat him.

As a champion, I can't fight against weak fighters.

I don't like all this talking in the press.

He's earned all his money himself, with his fists. He didn't steal it like the rest of our politicians. And he'll be less tempted to steal if he gets in the chair.

It's not enough to be famous. You have to be professional enough to make reform.

David I knock you out! - While pointing to the camera with a smirk.

I promise everyone who comes to Ukraine can see a beautiful country.

We try to use our experiences as leverage for our social work, to help children to get education because that is the way to get a special life.

I want to say that I cannot be intimidated or stopped. In order to put an end to various attempts to get rid of me as a possible candidate, I want to say that I'm running for president.

Baby wee is good because it's pure, doesn't contain toxins and doesn't smell,

Nobody can beat the Klitschko brothers. That's why it's boring.

There is one thing that I feel I still have to do and that is gain revenge over Lennox Lewis. If Lewis came back I would find the motivation to return to boxing and beat him.

I doubt Dereck Chisora can knock me out.

David Haye is too light. Simply too light. He's not a real heavyweight.

No expert can predict the heavyweight division. Every punch can make the decision.

He's a good sportsman but his best at world trash talking.

I fight not for myself, I fight for the audience.

If Chisora wants to kiss me, OK, if he likes me so much, but the best answer for him will be an answer with a fist in the ring.

I've travelled around the world, I've lived in Germany, I've lived in the United States, I've visited many countries, I can question why such a good country, such huge potential, why we don't develop in the right way.

Boxing's given me the chance to travel around the world and open the door and the world is much brighter.

I know that and I feel that.

Every fight can be the last one, that's why for every fight I prepare myself like it's the last fight of my career.

If your opponent wants to fight, the fight will be very interesting not just for the audience, but for myself.

People power. It has no limits.

Chess is similar to boxing. You need to develop a strategy, and you need to think two or three steps ahead about what your opponent is doing. You have to be smart. But what’s the difference between chess and boxing? In chess, nobody is an expert, but everybody plays. In boxing everybody is an expert, but nobody fights.

I tried to be the leader ... that was my aim. But it is important to know how to win and how to lose.

Old man, 40 years old against young hungry man from Great Britain!