Author: Olivier Martinez

Quotes

It's nice to have some distance with your family. As long as you're closer to them by love.

It's nice to have some distance with your family. As long as you're closer to them by love.

- Olivier Martinez

I wanted to become a champ - I was surrounded by champs in my family and in my neighborhood - and because of this stupid accident, I lost my opportunity.

I wanted to become a champ - I was surrounded by champs in my family and in my neighborhood - and because of this stupid accident, I lost my opportunity.

- Olivier Martinez

But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.

But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.

- Olivier Martinez

I'm French - it's less important. Meaning, I remain a Frenchman in America, but I adapt to American culture. I feel good there - but I'm still a foreigner.

I'm French - it's less important. Meaning, I remain a Frenchman in America, but I adapt to American culture. I feel good there - but I'm still a foreigner.

- Olivier Martinez

Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like.

Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like.

- Olivier Martinez

I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough.

I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough.

- Olivier Martinez

I see my friends, my family, my cousins work all day long for very little money, and if I have this problem of not being able to wall on the streets, it's not a big deal.

I see my friends, my family, my cousins work all day long for very little money, and if I have this problem of not being able to wall on the streets, it's not a big deal.

- Olivier Martinez

I was born and raised in a suburb of Paris by a working-class family.

I was born and raised in a suburb of Paris by a working-class family.

- Olivier Martinez

And what's more I've got no need for anyone to tell me how to do it. I am not interested. You act how you want to and leave me alone to do my own thing.

And what's more I've got no need for anyone to tell me how to do it. I am not interested. You act how you want to and leave me alone to do my own thing.

- Olivier Martinez

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