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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. "
Deontay Wilder
Go
Chef
Wanting
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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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American
Trouble
Parents
" Working with one of the best strength trainers in the world, I'm getting more dangerous. I'm getting stronger and stronger. "
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Stronger
Best
Strength
" 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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People
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Life
" When I was up in college, I had a friend, and he was the only guy who knew I wasn't going to be able to attend school no more because I had a child on the way. I remember we was right at the lunch table. I was like, 'Man, I should start boxing.' I felt like every fighter that's on TV made a lot of money. I was like, 'You gotta make a lot of money.' "
Deontay Wilder
School
Money
You
" 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
" Boxing is my true calling. I've found my purpose in life. "
Deontay Wilder
True
Boxing
Calling
" 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
Way
Feel
Me
" 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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Group
Pressure
Right
" My dream was to play for Alabama - football, basketball. "
Deontay Wilder
Play
Basketball
Dream
" Tuscaloosa, Alabama - I love you. "
Deontay Wilder
Love
Love You
You
" I still think about the first time I met Lennox Lewis, and he took the time out to talk to me, and he showed me different techniques. I'll never forget. Lennox was one of those guys that set the standard. He's a hard act to follow. But I love a challenge. "
Deontay Wilder
Me
Challenge
Forget
" I like to have fun in the ring, but I knock them out. "
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Have Fun
Knock
Out
" I would love to go to England. "
Deontay Wilder
Love
Would
England
" I've been talking about unifying the division for a long time. "
Deontay Wilder
Long Time
Time
Talking
" We knew Stiverne was tough. You've got to give it to him. He's got a tough chin. "
Deontay Wilder
Him
Got
Tough
" I am going to get world-wide recognition from whoever wants it, and whoever wants to challenge me. "
Deontay Wilder
Going
Challenge
Recognition
" I never want to hurt no one to the point so they can't go back to their children. "
Deontay Wilder
Go
Children
Back
" There is no bigger fight than Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder. "
Deontay Wilder
Than
Wilder
Bigger
" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
Me
End
Treat
" I'm always getting confused with LeBron James. Everywhere I go, I'm LeBron James. "
Deontay Wilder
James
Everywhere
Confused
" I don't play boxing. "
Deontay Wilder
Play
Boxing
" If I have to go through Fury after my Povetkin fight - and I never look past my next fight; I am not that foolish - to get those belts, I would love to fight him next. "
Deontay Wilder
I Am
Past
Never
" I don't see myself being in the sport a very long period of time, so I want to fight as much as possible. "
Deontay Wilder
Myself
Long
Time
" 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
Think
Pain
Head
" Of course I want the Furys, of course I want the Joshuas, but the question is, do they want me? "
Deontay Wilder
Question
Course
Me
" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
Success
Good
Think
" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
Change
People
Man
" I'm ready for Joseph Parker. The question is, is he ready for me? "
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Parker
He
Question
" 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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Tough
Punk
Fighting
" It's a great feeling to be the WBC champ of the world, but there's more to gain from this. "
Deontay Wilder
More
Champ
Feeling