Frank bruno quotes

Instead of using brushes all the time, try a palette knife to paint.

Boxing's all about getting the job done as quickly as possible, whether it takes 10 or 15 or 20 rounds.

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.

Being sectioned was the best thing that ever happened to me.

I was about 18 six years ago. I'm 28 now.

Color harmony was thrown out years ago, as restrictive chains were broken forming my free style.

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

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.

People need to have compassion for others.

An Eagle Scout deserves a letter of congratulations, but not a proclamation, ... That's a normal process. It's not a heroic process.

The colors I use may clash or vibrate against one another but this is done intentionally.

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

I don't normally watch myself on the telly.

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.

And I want to say anything is possible. Comma. You know.

For example, I like using strong Greek and Roman Renaissance characters as part of my series.

The most important thing taught to my students is to not be so photo realist in what they depict.

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

I like going to the gym every day.

If you're not balanced, your mind's not balanced... my fuse went.

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.

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.

I still believe in marriage.

From my sketch files I'll find a pose that shows the emotion behind a particular character's story.

Well, that's cricket Harry. These things happen in boxing

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.

I usually have a title in mind before I start.

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

I wouldn't mind getting emotionally involved with a woman.

Strong line quality, composition and form are more crucial although even this is loosely done.

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

I see danger—awake! It's terrible, it's horrible, and it's almost here! This is why my spirit was sent to earth. This is the job God has given me. This is the job I must do, so my hands will be free of your blood.

I was in a no-win situation, so I'm glad that I won rather than lost

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 try and maintain a little bit of fitness, man.

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.

Boxing is just show business with blood.

I chose faces and figures as my subject matter simply due to the fact that the human form is already beautiful art.

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

We're not cameras, we're artists.

I am just working on staying alive.

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.

I usually use quick sketches that I accumulated from the figure drawing classes I once instructed.

But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.

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.

Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.

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.

And then he [Mike Tyson] will have only channel vision.

I ain't got no right to judge someone.

I speak African. I can even speak Italian.

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.