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.
DEONTAY WILDERWhen 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’m not losing no time soon, or ever, till I retire.
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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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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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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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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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My goal is to unify the division. Whoever’s got those belts, that’s who I want.
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We know Fury likes to entertain and promote.
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I think Joshua has been doing a good job winning his fights and beating the guys in front of him. You got to congratulate him for his success.
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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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There’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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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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My right hand is a monster.
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I never want to hurt no one to the point so they can’t go back to their children.
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Going 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.
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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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