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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.
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It makes me very, very happy to get someone a world title shot, which I've done with a few fighters, or a European title shot or a British title, and I see them lift that belt above their waist and they come to me and say 'Thanks Ricky. I've just paid my mortgage off with that.' That's what its all about.
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The manner of my defeat against Mayweather and certainly Manny Pacquiao was a bitter pill to swallow.
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I was fortunate enough to fight at Madison Square Garden, Vegas and the City of Manchester Stadium.
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I don't mind getting beaten by Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr and people like that, but I'd hate to go into a training camp with my heart not fully in it and risk getting beaten by somebody who shouldn't be beating me.
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Depression is a serious thing and, after my defeat to Pacquiao, I was facing retirement and didn't cope with it very well.
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I've fought at such a high level I couldn't have people look at me and say, 'well, he's just fought someone to knock them over.'
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I was getting depressed, I was going out, having a few drinks and the worst thing you can do with depression is add alcohol to it.
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Ultimately when I fell out with my parents, I hit rock bottom. I didn't care whether I lived or died to be honest with you.
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There's no better feeling in the world than when I walk in a pub, or a nightclub or a bar or a supermarket, anywhere, and you see people out the corner of your eye and they're going, 'Hey, there's Ricky Hatton. Isn't he a good lad, coming for a pint with us in here?' It makes you feel proud.
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I don't want to go on forever and leaving the sport is the hardest decision.
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It's unusual for me to be in front of an audience without somebody trying to knock my teeth out.
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My second pro fight was at Madison Square Garden, on the undercard of Naseem Hamed's fight against Kevin Kelley.
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Right from the beginning I wanted to test myself against the best, against real champions.
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Winning the world title was my goal as a kid, but being the pound-for-pound champion would be the ultimate.
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Muhammad Ali was the one who started it, winding up his opponents, but he always did it with a twinkle in his eye and a bit of class about him. Mayweather is just insulting from start to finish.
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I always laugh at people who strive to be famous because all you do is get mithered to death by everyone.
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Having been a world champion, I would love to go on and train a world champion too.
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You write an autobiography because you want to tell people how you felt about a certain matter at that time.
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For all the success, I never acted any differently. I've always done the same things and I can honestly say I've not changed in the slightest. Sometimes that's the problem.
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I'm not going to say I was Britain's greatest ever world champion. I think Joe Calzaghe was the best - although I think I fought a lot better fighters.
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Everyone wants to be a world champion, but when you take that first punch it will tell you if you really want to be in this sport or not. For me, there was no doubt.
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Just like footballers want to play at Wembley, the Nou Camp and the Bernabeu, boxers have their dream arenas too.
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I'm very fortunate. I've looked after my money and I'm happy with where my career is at as a trainer and a promoter.
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I've been asked by 'Big Brother,' 'I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here!,' 'Strictly' and 'Dancing on Ice,' but it's not for me.
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Boxers don't tend to come from Cambridge or Oxford. Sometimes the things we say don't come out well. We are not known for our vocabulary.
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Kostya Tszyu was the best payday of my career to that point, even though I thought it should have been better.
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Jose Mourinho is the Floyd Mayweather Jr of football management. You either love him or hate him.
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I can remember crying in the Kippax at Maine Road when City were relegated to the old First Division in 1996. Dropping out of the Premier League seemed like the worst thing imaginable - and what didn't help was the fact United were winning just about everything going at the same time.
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When I stepped up a division I can remember suffering the worst fatigue I had ever felt. I noticed it massively.
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Mayweather was my first professional defeat and I took it really, really hard.
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To have a heavyweight world champion from Manchester is something you can only dream of.
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I can still remember the time when some City fans thought it would be a good idea if I bought the club. I don't know how much money they thought I had - but I certainly don't think we'd be enjoying the success that we are under Sheikh Mansour.
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