Violence

is a serious game, so don't walk into it with any
romantic ideas of how it is going to be. It is always ugly and
always frightening. I have never stood in front of a man that
I wanted to fight, never had perfect conditions and never
thought 'Yeah, I' m ready for this'. Every fight for me has
been more like, 'I don't want to be here, I don't need this, is
this going to be the one that gets me killed or jailed?' Having
said all that, and having meant it, if it is going to 'kick off', if
you are sure and there is no other way don't hesitate, never
allow anyone the opportunity to attack you first. If you can't
walk away and you honestly belief that you are going to be
attacked, attack first and then get away. The police won't
give you this advice, even though it is well within the law,
because they probably feel that to sanction violence is to
invite it in. They don't want some murder suspect turning up
on the front cover of the national newspapers saying, 'I only
did what PC Dick told me to do.'