You know what, when I was a ...

You know what, when I was a kid I said to myself my skin colour isn't going to stop me achieving what I want regardless of what colour I was, so I don't want these kids to have that mentality.
 Nigel Benn

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It would give me a terrific sense of satisfaction to be the man who sent both Eubank and Benn into retirement. Benn doesn't need me to tell him that he's over the hill because, deep down, he knows it.
 Nigel Benn