I was born a leader, never a follower. I never felt peer pressure. If the group goes left, I go right.
DEONTAY WILDERGoing to Russia is going to be nothing for me. I’m going to treat it like it’s the U.S. because, at the end of the day, it’s one man, one ring.
More Deontay Wilder Quotes
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I’m not going nowhere, no matter who I fight.
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Some guys may play around and say a couple of things, but if I say it, I mean it. I may laugh, it may be funny, but if I say I’m going to get you, I’m going to get you.
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I want to defend and put my title on the line as much as possible. If the top in the division are ready to try to come and take my belt – and the key word is ‘try’ – I’m ready to give them that opportunity.
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We knew Stiverne was tough. You’ve got to give it to him. He’s got a tough chin.
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I don’t care what you have done before or what you are capable of: if you come up against a guy like me, you are in trouble.
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It’s contagious to do great. But once that one bad apple falls, everybody else will fall, and that’s how it is.
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Boxing is my true calling. I’ve found my purpose in life.
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When they throw punches, the breathing, the sparring. The heavy bags being hit. All of that – it was a heavenly sound to me.
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I was raised by both parents up to 17. We had a good family. We had a middle class family, good teaching and good surroundings, raised by the church, where I went every week whether I wanted to or not.
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The British scene in boxing, not just the heavyweight division, is popping.
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I could put everything I got in the bank on my abilities and skill and will, and what I’m capable of doing in the ring.
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People have to realize that God has blessed me with power. He hasn’t got me this far for no reason. I feel like God has a plan for me in this sport. That’s how I have came up this fast.
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Some guys like to fight on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat.
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I don’t play boxing.
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I don’t know how a man can live with himself to get to the top knowing he didn’t do it the right way.
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