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Frank Bruno [1961-0] British
Rank: 101
Athlete, Professional Boxer


Franklin Roy "Frank" Bruno, MBE is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1996. He held the WBC and European heavyweight titles, and faced multiple world champions including Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis. 

Sports, Dad, Dreams, Fitness, Health, Marriage



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Some people like going to the pub; I enjoy going to the gym.
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When you're a man you try and be macho.
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Sometimes your dreams come true. Dreams
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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. Dad
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Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world. Sports
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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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Sometimes when you have bipolar you have days you are grumpy and not feeling yourself.
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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. Sports
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I try and maintain a little bit of fitness, man. Fitness
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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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I'm not really a cutter-off sort of person. I'll chat to anybody.
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My head has got regrets, but I haven't.
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People take the mickey out of mental health, but it is very delicate. Health
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I ain't got no right to judge someone.
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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 still believe in marriage. Marriage
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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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I like going to the gym every day.
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If you're not balanced, your mind's not balanced... my fuse went.
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I speak African. I can even speak Italian.
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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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I want to stay healthy, keep fit, eat well, keep a low profile and be a good dad.
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I am just working on staying alive.
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Being sectioned was the best thing that ever happened to me.
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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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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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I wouldn't mind getting emotionally involved with a woman.
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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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There's enough pressure in life without seeking competition. That makes it double pressure.
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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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I don't normally watch myself on the telly.
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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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People need to have compassion for others.
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