I can be a tennis player, a golf player, and even a soccer player.
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.
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I didn’t even know about amateur boxing, period.
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I don’t see myself being in the sport a very long period of time, so I want to fight as much as possible.
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When you have a fighter willing to do that, when he is seriously hurt and in pain but still fights, you’ve got a dangerous man on your hands.
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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.
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My dream was to play for Alabama – football, basketball.
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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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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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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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I never want to hurt no one to the point so they can’t go back to their children.
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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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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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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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People can be too harsh, especially with social media. It brings a person down.
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I will be that guy to change this sport, especially in the heavyweight division. A lot of people have lost interest. I’m the right man for the job… I want to make it bigger and better than it ever have been before.
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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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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’m one of the baddest, hardest-hitting heavyweights in the business. Right here from Alabama, baby.
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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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I had a lot of great moments with David Haye.
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There is no bigger fight than Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder.
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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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Street fight, you just ground and pound ’em. Boxing is totally different.
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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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I don’t have any doubt in my mind: I could knock out any man in the heavyweight division.
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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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