The craziest thing about it, I used to hate fighting, but you had to show how tough you was; you had to show you wasn’t no punk.
DEONTAY WILDERThere’s no other heavyweight in the division like me, especially when it comes into the athletic department. I’m the most athletic heavyweight in the division.
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This is no game. You get up in there, and you take some punches. You risk your life, and then let me see you talk then. That’s why I don’t respect people who criticize fighters.
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I am going to get world-wide recognition from whoever wants it, and whoever wants to challenge me.
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People who know me know that if I say I’m going to do something, I’m doing it. I am hungry. I am determined.
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My dream was to play for Alabama – football, basketball.
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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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Fury made a name for himself in America, and as a fighter, you have to establish yourself there, first and foremost, to be known worldwide.
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I can be a tennis player, a golf player, and even a soccer player.
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I’m looking forward to the fighting with no headgear – I’m jealous. I kind of want to go back to the Olympics to experience no headgear.
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I’ve been talking about unifying the division for a long time.
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My right hand is a monster.
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I will be that guy to change this sport, especially in the heavyweight division. A lot of people have lost interest. I’m the right man for the job… I want to make it bigger and better than it ever have been before.
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To build my legacy and be that person I want to be, this is what it’s going to take: to get on the road and travel. Let’s do it that way.
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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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I can adapt to any environment or any situation I need to, so I am ready to go to Russia. You take what you get or start crying about it, but I am re-doing ‘Rocky IV.’ I am doing the black ‘Rocky.’
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The British scene in boxing, not just the heavyweight division, is popping.
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