It’s contagious to do great. But once that one bad apple falls, everybody else will fall, and that’s how it is.
DEONTAY WILDERThis 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.
More Deontay Wilder Quotes
-
-
If Bronze Bomber got loose in the streets, it won’t be something nice.
DEONTAY WILDER -
I’ve been talking about unifying the division for a long time.
DEONTAY WILDER -
I just love boxing. I’m in love with the sport.
DEONTAY WILDER -
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.
DEONTAY WILDER -
All my prayers go out to Tyson Fury. I know it’s difficult to be in his situation.
DEONTAY WILDER -
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 WILDER -
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.’
DEONTAY WILDER -
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.
DEONTAY WILDER -
I wanted to show the world what Deontay Wilder is all about. I’m a heavyweight, and I’m exciting.
DEONTAY WILDER -
The British scene in boxing, not just the heavyweight division, is popping.
DEONTAY WILDER -
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.
DEONTAY WILDER -
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 WILDER -
My goal is to unify the division. Whoever’s got those belts, that’s who I want.
DEONTAY WILDER -
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.
DEONTAY WILDER -
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.
DEONTAY WILDER -
Street fight, you just ground and pound ’em. Boxing is totally different.
DEONTAY WILDER -
I’m ready for Joseph Parker. The question is, is he ready for me?
DEONTAY WILDER -
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.
DEONTAY WILDER -
I like to have fun in the ring, but I knock them out.
DEONTAY WILDER -
I’m not going nowhere, no matter who I fight.
DEONTAY WILDER -
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.
DEONTAY WILDER -
I am very comfortable travelling and going into other territories.
DEONTAY WILDER -
We know Fury likes to entertain and promote.
DEONTAY WILDER -
I could put everything I got in the bank on my abilities and skill and will, and what I’m capable of doing in the ring.
DEONTAY WILDER -
I have so many things that I want to do with my life. I just don’t see myself being a fighter forever. Boxing is my love and passion. It also opens up and sets up other things in my life as well.
DEONTAY WILDER -
I decided to do something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time – go get a chef and a nutritionist – and I brought them on board.
DEONTAY WILDER