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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I wanted to show the world what Deontay Wilder is all about. I’m a heavyweight, and I’m exciting.
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We know Fury likes to entertain and promote.
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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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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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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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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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I’m ready for Joseph Parker. The question is, is he ready for me?
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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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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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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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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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Some guys like to fight on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat.
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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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