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 WILDERI 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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I didn’t even know about amateur boxing, period.
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When I am in the ring, all I think about is knocking my opponent’s head off, getting him out of there. Hurting him. Putting pain to him. I will have no mercy. I will have no pity.
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I was born a leader, never a follower. I never felt peer pressure. If the group goes left, I go right.
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I can be a tennis player, a golf player, and even a soccer player.
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To make it in boxing, you must captivate the fans in America, too.
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Once I knock Szpilka out, I want all the Polish fans to come on the ‘Bronze Bomber’ train as I bring the heavyweight division back to the top.
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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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Having patience is one of the hardest things about being human. We want to do it now, and we don’t want to wait. Sometimes we miss out on our blessing when we rush things and do it on our own time.
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This is the hardest part for me. Just the waiting – the waiting to fight. The work has all been done, and you just have to wait.
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People can be too harsh, especially with social media. It brings a person down.
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At the end of the day, I am going for all the belts, so I am going to have to go through all of them. And I would live to fight the U.K. guys – even in the U.K.
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Some guys like to fight on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat.
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I’m not playing around in 2016.
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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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I’m one of the baddest, hardest-hitting heavyweights in the business. Right here from Alabama, baby.
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I had a lot of great moments with David Haye.
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I don’t play boxing.
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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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We know Fury likes to entertain and promote.
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I am very comfortable travelling and going into other territories.
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My daughter will find some of the sweetest words to tell you that can make a grown man cry. She still gives me the same inspiration. She still motivates me.
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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 am going to get world-wide recognition from whoever wants it, and whoever wants to challenge me.
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I want to put my name in history. I love history.
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You have to, as an individual, know how to tune that stage of your life that’s in the past out.
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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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