If I don't feel the same hunger as I once did then I definitely shouldn't box any more. Lennox Lewis More Quotes by Lennox Lewis More Quotes From Lennox Lewis I always ask myself why old heavyweights come back, but I plan to stay out of the ring. Lennox Lewis heavyweights plans rings You can consider me like fine wine. I just get better with age. Lennox Lewis get-better wine age For me, there's never any bad blood - unless you do something to me. Lennox Lewis bad-blood blood Sometimes the image of the intellectual boxer did for me more harm than good. If a boxer has a reputation as an intellectual, some people no longer respect him as a fighter. With me it was always Lennox should react, not think. But thats nonsense. Only the guy who controls his opponent wins. Lennox Lewis winning people thinking People want to see me back in the ring. I think it is more of a drag lying around on the beach. Lennox Lewis beach lying thinking The mission I set out on in the beginning - to become heavyweight champion of the world, undisputed, lineal champion - you could say that mission is complete. Lennox Lewis heavyweights champion world I was very aggressive as a child. At primary school in London my attitude was 'If you don't do what I say, I'll knowk you out', and I was eventually expelled for fighting. Lennox Lewis attitude children school People know I was the last true champion. Lennox Lewis champion lasts people The fight will last as long as I allow it to last. Lennox Lewis lasts fighting long Different fights bring out different things. I consider myself a seasoned professional. I have done things in the gym that have not come out yet. People would be amazed if they saw me train. Lennox Lewis fighting done people I am going to have one Klitschko for breakfast and one Klitschko for lunch. Lennox Lewis lunch breakfast I have always been English, ever since I emigrated from England and since the kids in Canada beat me up at the age of twelve for having an East London Cockney accent. I thank them for the cockney taunts because the beatings turned me on to boxing. But on a serious note Canada has been kind to me. Lennox Lewis east-london boxing kids There were different heroes with different images. There was Mike Tyson, the animal, there was Evander Holyfield, the devout, the priest. And there was me, the thinker, the intellectual boxer. So there was something for every fan, if you like. The public could always identify with one of us. Lennox Lewis intellectual hero animal The Tyson fight was like the hardest I ever trained for a fight in my entire career. Lennox Lewis tyson careers fighting I am just taking the top fights out there for me. People will get bored seeing me every day knock someone out. Lennox Lewis bored fighting people You can just fight one man at a time. Lennox Lewis one-man fighting men I've worked hard and accomplished what I've accomplished in the heavyweight scene. Lennox Lewis heavyweights accomplished scene If the media didn't know I played chess, there'd be no angle on me at all. Lennox Lewis angle media chess [Wladimir] Klitschko has got the experience, so if Tyson [Fury] waits on him, Klitschko will out-box him. But if he uses his speed and reach it will be a great chance for him to win. Lennox Lewis use waiting winning I think Kirk Johnson is a more exciting fighter than Chris Byrd. A lot of people agree with me when it comes to that. Lennox Lewis fighter people thinking
