“My mum and dad had four pubs when we were growing up, but the main one...” — Ricky Hatton Quote

“My mum and dad had four pubs when we were growing up, but the main one was the New Inn in Hattersley, on the estate. It was a very good pub.”

“We are very proud of our roots in Manchester. We like to back our own.”

“I want to go down as a champion who redeemed himself, made up for letting everyone down and regained his self-respect.”

“They say 'you've over trained, you've left it in the gym' is the most common phrase used in boxing but my god it is the truest.”

“I want people to look at me as a four-time world champion, in two weight categories, as a down-to-earth man of the people, not the joke that I had become.”

“When I stepped up a division I can remember suffering the worst fatigue I had ever felt. I noticed it massively.”

“I do real estate.”

“I was studying acting, going to UCLA, selling real estate on the weekends.”

“There was no theater in my high school. I think even our art program was cut - it was so bad. I didn't even know that was a possibility in college or in high school; I hadn't even thought of it. It was pretty negligent. My father has run a bulldozer all of his life, and my mom is in real estate.”

“In the real estate business you learn more about people, and you learn more about community issues, you learn more about life, you learn more about the impact of government, probably than any other profession that I know of.”

“I really like Jeff Lewis and 'Flipping Out' and 'Interior Therapy.' I don't know why I'm obsessed with American real estate and renovation.”

“I'm lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be there, near my family, my kids, also the real estate business I run with my wife.”