I didn’t even know about amateur boxing, period.
DEONTAY WILDERI’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.
More Deontay Wilder Quotes
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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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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’m not losing no time soon, or ever, till I retire.
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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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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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I’m definitely an active champion. I’m looking forward to defending my belt as many times as possible.
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My dream was to play for Alabama – football, basketball.
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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 can be a tennis player, a golf player, and even a soccer player.
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I’m not playing around in 2016.
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When I structured my career, I looked at Muhammad Ali, which is my all-time favorite and an idol of mine, and what he has done for this sport. He was a real-life hero.
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I just love boxing. I’m in love with the sport.
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I want to put my name in history. I love history.
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Whether somebody think badly of me, whether somebody don’t feel that I should be doing this or I should be doing that way, I don’t really care. Whether they think that my fatigue is being laid, legs are skinny, I don’t care.
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It don’t matter if I got a broke hand, got a torn muscle: I’m going to fight like heavyweight champions do.
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