Frank Bruno Quotes

Know what I mean, Harry?

When you’re a man you try and be macho.

There’s enough pressure in life without seeking competition. That makes it double pressure.

Sometimes your dreams come true.

Sometimes when you have bipolar you have days you are grumpy and not feeling yourself.

People take the mickey out of mental health, but it is very delicate.

People need to have compassion for others.

My trainer, George Francis, used to train a lot of African boxers. They’re hungry guys, man. They’ve got no trainers, got nothing. They’re so hungry to do boxing, to make some money.

My head has got regrets, but I haven’t.

Mental illness is a very powerful thing. If it is with you it is probably going to be there until the day you die. I am trying so hard to break mine, but it is not easy. It is my toughest fight ever.

Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker… anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt.

Journalists have always written that my mum said that I punched a hole through my cot when I was three years old. I don’t remember doing that, and I think it was more that I was very energetic.

If your brain’s not right they have good people at the NHS to help you fix it and talk to and counselling to calm you down and to focus you.

If you say you’ve had a nervous breakdown or things aren’t right mentally, people run away from you. They think you’re from ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest,’ you know.

I’m not really a cutter-off sort of person. I’ll chat to anybody.

I want to stay healthy, keep fit, eat well, keep a low profile and be a good dad.

I try and maintain a little bit of fitness, man.

I still get invitations from all over Europe to speak at dinners, and it’s an honour that promoters and charities can use me to create income.

I still believe in marriage.

I speak African. I can even speak Italian.