Top 40 Frank Bruno Quotes (2025 Update)

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

— Frank Bruno

2. “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.”

— Frank Bruno

3. “Well, that’s cricket Harry. These things happen in boxing.”

— Frank Bruno

4. “I was in a no-win situation, so I’m glad that I won rather than lost.”

— Frank Bruno

5. “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.”

— Frank Bruno

6. “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.”

— Frank Bruno

7. “Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.”

— Frank Bruno

8. “Boxing is just show business with blood.”

— Frank Bruno

9. “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.”

— Frank Bruno

10. “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.”

— Frank Bruno

11. “I was about 18 six years ago. I’m 28 now.”

— Frank Bruno

12. “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.”

— Frank Bruno

13. “I speak African. I can even speak Italian.”

— Frank Bruno

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

— Frank Bruno

15. “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.”

— Frank Bruno

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

— Frank Bruno

17. “I am just working on staying alive.”

— Frank Bruno

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

— Frank Bruno

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

— Frank Bruno

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

— Frank Bruno

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

— Frank Bruno

22. “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.”

— Frank Bruno

23. “I still believe in marriage.”

— Frank Bruno

24. “I ain’t got no right to judge someone.”

— Frank Bruno

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

— Frank Bruno

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

— Frank Bruno

27. “People need to have compassion for others.”

— Frank Bruno

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

— Frank Bruno

29. “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.”

— Frank Bruno

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

— Frank Bruno

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

— Frank Bruno

32. “I like going to the gym every day.”

— Frank Bruno

33. “From my sketch files I’ll find a pose that shows the emotion behind a particular character’s story.”

— Frank Bruno

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

— Frank Bruno

35. “When you’re a man you try and be macho.”

— Frank Bruno

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

— Frank Bruno

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

— Frank Bruno

38. “I usually have a title in mind before I start.”

— Frank Bruno

39. “I wouldn’t mind getting emotionally involved with a woman.”

— Frank Bruno

40. “We’re not cameras, we’re artists.”

— Frank Bruno

41. “I don’t normally watch myself on the telly.”

— Frank Bruno

42. “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.”

— Frank Bruno

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