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Amir Khan
British
Athlete
Born:
Dec 8
,
1986
Boxing
Fight
Me
People
Think
You
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We grew up in a nice house in a very middle-class area in Bolton and had a very happy childhood. My mum, Falak, who was also brought over from Pakistan by her parents as a kid, devoted herself to bringing up me and my younger brother and sister, Haroon and Tabinda, and my elder sister Mariyah.
Amir Khan
Me
Happy
Parents
Sister
Nice
Herself
Kid
Brother
Brother And Sister
Brought
Area
Had
Over
House
Also
Devoted
Up
Very
Childhood
Grew
Happy Childhood
Elder
Younger
Younger Brother
Who
Pakistan
Mum
Her
Bringing
People always want to see that, the young lion going to take the old lion out.
Amir Khan
Lion
People
Old
Young
Out
See
Take
Always
Going
Want
Some watches I bought, I think now, 'Why the hell did I pay that much for a watch?'
Amir Khan
Pay
Hell
Think
Some
Bought
Did
Much
Now
Why
Watch
Watches
If you start throwing eight or nine shots, you're going to get caught - bang - and the fight could be over.
Amir Khan
You
Fight
Nine
Could
Throwing
Over
Caught
Get
Bang
Going
Eight
Shots
Start
I know for a fact if I were a white English fighter, maybe I would have been a superstar in Britain - and the world.
Amir Khan
World
White
Fighter
Would
Superstar
Fact
Know
Were
Been
Maybe
English
Britain
It's dangerous to talk too much about future fights.
Amir Khan
Future
Dangerous
Too Much
Too
About
Talk
Much
Fights
Whose mother wants to see her son fight? It's very hard for her - but boxing is in my blood.
Amir Khan
Fight
Son
Mother
See
Boxing
Blood
Very
Wants
Hard
Whose
Her
I'm proud to be British.
Amir Khan
Proud
British
My main priorities were to fight for Britain. Not a lot of Asians get selected for this country at anything, and it's a great achievement.
Amir Khan
Great
Achievement
Fight
Country
Selected
Main
Priorities
Were
Lot
Get
Anything
Asians
Britain
Great Achievement
I'm confident I can take the gold in Beijing.
Amir Khan
Take
Confident
Gold
Beijing
It's got difficult for me to walk down the street without people stopping me to ask for an autograph or to talk to me about boxing.
Amir Khan
Me
People
Walk
Down
Difficult
About
Talk
Without
Boxing
Got
Stopping
Autograph
Ask
Street
I think it is very important to keep the kids off the street and out of trouble.
Amir Khan
Trouble
Important
Think
Kids
Out
Off
Very
Keep
Street
There were no Asian lads boxing when I started.
Amir Khan
Boxing
Were
Lads
Asian
Started
One thing for sure is that I am not going to attempt to knock Barrera out. My boxing ability and my speed are the attributes that will get me the win.
Amir Khan
Me
Win
Will
Speed
Out
One Thing
Ability
Attempt
Knock
Sure
Attributes
Boxing
Am
Get
Going
Thing
That's boxing - one punch can win a fight.
Amir Khan
Fight
Win
Punch
Boxing
What happened to me against Prescott didn't make Prescott a better fighter than me.
Amir Khan
Me
Better
Fighter
Make
Than
Happened
Against
The good thing about being nervous is that you perform better.
Amir Khan
Good
You
Better
Nervous
About
Good Thing
Perform
Being
Thing
In America, they treat me like God.
Amir Khan
God
Me
Treat
Like
America
With me being a sportsman and being an icon who people know, if I can even send a little message across which will maybe help a lot of people, I'm going to do that.
Amir Khan
Me
People
Will
Know
Message
Sportsman
Lot
Send
Going
Maybe
Being
Which
Little
Icon
Across
Help
Who
Even
I used to eat what I want, on a junk diet, and used to think I could make my weight easy and kill myself over the last four or five days.
Amir Khan
Myself
Think
Easy
Eat
Could
Weight
Over
Days
Make
Five
Junk
Diet
Want
Used
Four
Last
Boxing is an addiction.
Amir Khan
Addiction
Boxing
I have been very lucky with what I have achieved.
Amir Khan
Been
Very
Achieved
Lucky
It's just such an addictive sport. Only now I can understand why ex-fighters come back. That addiction helps me set new goals and targets.
Amir Khan
Me
Goals
Addiction
Addictive
Back
Only
New
Come
Sport
Understand
Targets
Just
Helps
Now
Why
Set
I'm just a fighter.
Amir Khan
Fighter
Just
I love the British public and the British fans; they are true boxing fans. If you get them on your side, you can go right to the end and achieve anything in life.
Amir Khan
Life
Love
You
Achieve
Fans
Side
True
Boxing
Go
End
Get
Anything
Public
Them
Your
Right
British
The one thing about me is that I keep my personal life away from my sporting life. And, when I am training for a fight, that is my focus.
Amir Khan
Life
Me
Fight
Training
Focus
Personal Life
One Thing
About
Am
Personal
The One Thing
Keep
Away
Thing
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