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" I can be a tennis player, a golf player, and even a soccer player. "
Deontay Wilder
I Can
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Golf
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" No matter how many fights I got into, I was always the victor. I didn't like it, though. I remember being 12 years old, and I looked in the sky, and I said, 'God, I don't want to fight no more. I'm tired of fighting. I know what I want to do in my life, and fighting's not going to get me there.' "
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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 didn't even know about amateur boxing, period. "
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" To make it in boxing, you must captivate the fans in America, too. "
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" I'm not playing around in 2016. "
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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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" People can be too harsh, especially with social media. It brings a person down. "
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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 want the people to be able to see me and be able to see a great performance. "
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Want
People
Me
" 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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" 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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" If Bronze Bomber got loose in the streets, it won't be something nice. "
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" I've been talking about unifying the division for a long time. "
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" I don't have to build up strength; I have been blessed with it. I do lift weights and train hard, but I am a very special individual - a very special man with very special talent and very special power. I can get any man - any man - out of there in a matter of seconds. That is the thing I love about myself. "
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Love
Strength
Power
" I would love to go to England. "
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Would
England
" When I went to college, I went to a junior college. I wanted to go to the University of Alabama but had to go to junior college first to get my GPA up. I did a half-year of junior college, then dropped out and had my daughter. College was always an opportunity to go back. But she, my daughter, was my support. I gave up everything for her. "
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Daughter
Support
Opportunity
" I never want to hurt no one to the point so they can't go back to their children. "
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Go
Children
Back
" We know Fury likes to entertain and promote. "
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Likes
Entertain
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" My dream was to play for Alabama - football, basketball. "
Deontay Wilder
Play
Basketball
Dream
" I don't just rely on my right hand when I'm in the ring. That's the least thing I think about. I think about the preparation I've trained for, and I try to execute. And guys can't stand up to the power. I've been blessed with that, and it's something that can't be taught. "
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Power
Preparation
Try
" Boxing is my true calling. I've found my purpose in life. "
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Boxing
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" 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. "
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Go
Chef
Wanting
" Size doesn't mean anything - not all the time. "
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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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Up
Parents
Good
" It don't matter if I got a broke hand, got a torn muscle: I'm going to fight like heavyweight champions do. "
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Muscle
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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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End
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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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Who
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" My neighborhood was normal. I had a neighborhood where everyone knew everyone. Typical American upbringing. Sometimes we got into trouble, but everyone watched after each other, so if my parents didn't see me making trouble, another family would tell them. "
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Trouble
Parents
" I'm looking forward to the fighting with no headgear - I'm jealous. I kind of want to go back to the Olympics to experience no headgear. "
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