Against Bermane Stiverne, they said he was going to be the toughest test, but I passed that with flying colours.
DEONTAY WILDERMy 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.
More Deontay Wilder Quotes
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To make it in boxing, you must captivate the fans in America, too.
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I didn’t even know about amateur boxing, period.
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People can be too harsh, especially with social media. It brings a person down.
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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.
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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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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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Some guys like to fight on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat.
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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 like to have fun in the ring, but I knock them out.
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Street fight, you just ground and pound ’em. Boxing is totally different.
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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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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.
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People have to realize that God has blessed me with power. He hasn’t got me this far for no reason. I feel like God has a plan for me in this sport. That’s how I have came up this fast.
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All my prayers go out to Tyson Fury. I know it’s difficult to be in his situation.
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