I’m one of the baddest, hardest-hitting heavyweights in the business. Right here from Alabama, baby.
DEONTAY WILDERMy dream was to play for Alabama – football, basketball.
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To make it in boxing, you must captivate the fans in America, too.
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I want to put my name in history. I love history.
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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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We know Fury likes to entertain and promote.
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We knew Stiverne was tough. You’ve got to give it to him. He’s got a tough chin.
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I had a lot of great moments with David Haye.
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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 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.’
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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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People can be too harsh, especially with social media. It brings a person down.
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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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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 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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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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To build my legacy and be that person I want to be, this is what it’s going to take: to get on the road and travel. Let’s do it that way.
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