Frank Bruno quotes:
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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.
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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.
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Sometimes your dreams come true.
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An Eagle Scout deserves a letter of congratulations, but not a proclamation, ... That's a normal process. It's not a heroic process.
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When I came into boxing, I brought it to the next level with adverts and doing pantomime and people just got jealous of me doing that.
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Sometimes when you have bipolar you have days you are grumpy and not feeling yourself.
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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.
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People need to have compassion for others.
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Instead of using brushes all the time, try a palette knife to paint.
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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.
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If you're not balanced, your mind's not balanced... my fuse went.
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I want to stay healthy, keep fit, eat well, keep a low profile and be a good dad.
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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.
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There's enough pressure in life without seeking competition. That makes it double pressure.
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Boxing is a buzz, but I went into it to make a living. I wasn't going to go into the ring and get punched in the head for the fun of it.
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Well, that's cricket Harry. These things happen in boxing
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When you're a man you try and be macho.
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Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.
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I wouldn't mind getting emotionally involved with a woman.
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I still believe in marriage.
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It's like a kettle. If it's a kettle, you turn the kettle off, you know what I mean? I wish I could put a hole in my head and let the steam come out. The steam was getting so high and the pressure was just getting a little bit much for me.
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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.
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I ain't got no right to judge someone.
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Being sectioned was the best thing that ever happened to me,
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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.
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Some people like going to the pub; I enjoy going to the gym.
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I was in a no-win situation, so I'm glad that I won rather than lost
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Being sectioned was the best thing that ever happened to me.
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I didn't play a great deal of sport in primary school. It was not until I went away to boarding school in Sussex that I really got into sport.
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I am just working on staying alive.
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But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.
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I was about 18 six years ago. I'm 28 now.
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Boxing is just show business with blood.
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We're not cameras, we're artists.
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Boxing's all about getting the job done as quickly as possible, whether it takes 10 or 15 or 20 rounds.
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Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world. You've got all the fans, lots of hangers-on jumping up and shouting different words. But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.
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I usually use quick sketches that I accumulated from the figure drawing classes I once instructed.
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My head has got regrets, but I haven't.
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I try and maintain a little bit of fitness, man.
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I speak African. I can even speak Italian.
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The most important thing taught to my students is to not be so photo realist in what they depict.
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And I want to say anything is possible. Comma. You know.
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I'm not really a cutter-off sort of person. I'll chat to anybody.
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People take the mickey out of mental health, but it is very delicate.
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Color harmony was thrown out years ago, as restrictive chains were broken forming my free style.
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I usually have a title in mind before I start.
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Strong line quality, composition and form are more crucial although even this is loosely done.
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The colors I use may clash or vibrate against one another but this is done intentionally.
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And then he [Mike Tyson] will have only channel vision.
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For example, I like using strong Greek and Roman Renaissance characters as part of my series.
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From my sketch files I'll find a pose that shows the emotion behind a particular character's story.
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I chose faces and figures as my subject matter simply due to the fact that the human form is already beautiful art.
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I like going to the gym every day.
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I don't normally watch myself on the telly.