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" I just love boxing. I'm in love with the sport. "
Deontay Wilder
Sport
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Just
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" 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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" Every guy I touch, it's the same result. When I land, it's like seeing one of those preachers on TV. When I touch them, they fall out. "
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" 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.' "
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" Fury made a name for himself in America, and as a fighter, you have to establish yourself there, first and foremost, to be known worldwide. "
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" I'm always getting confused with LeBron James. Everywhere I go, I'm LeBron James. "
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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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" I can be a tennis player, a golf player, and even a soccer player. "
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" You always pray for a healthy child, and in this situation, Naieya was born with Spina Bifida... We had choices on the table, and choices to terminate the pregnancy. We could have went on with our lives, and that would have been it, but we decided to take on the challenge. "
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Child
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" I'm definitely an active champion. I'm looking forward to defending my belt as many times as possible. "
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Looking Forward
Looking
" God definitely blessed me with power. I still don't know the limits of my own power. "
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Me
" 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. "
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Past
Never
" All my prayers go out to Tyson Fury. I know it's difficult to be in his situation. "
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" Nothing has been given to Deontay Wilder. So with that being said, nothing is going to be taken from me. So I must stay focused. I must. I must. It is an absolute must to stay focused. "
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Me
" 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 don't care what you have done before or what you are capable of: if you come up against a guy like me, you are in trouble. "
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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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Parents
" I am very comfortable travelling and going into other territories. "
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" I am going to get world-wide recognition from whoever wants it, and whoever wants to challenge me. "
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Going
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Recognition
" 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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" I want to put my name in history. I love history. "
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" I could put everything I got in the bank on my abilities and skill and will, and what I'm capable of doing in the ring. "
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" I'm not going nowhere, no matter who I fight. "
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" At the end of the day, I am going for all the belts, so I am going to have to go through all of them. And I would live to fight the U.K. guys - even in the U.K. "
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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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" I didn't even know about amateur boxing, period. "
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" Anybody who knows me knows that I don't just love this sport, I am in love with it. I am really in love with this sport. I am obsessed with boxing. I eat, breathe and sleep it. You know, I do it all; this is my life. This is not a hobby for me. This is a lifestyle for me, and I address it accordingly. I take it very, very seriously. "
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Sleep
" I like to have fun in the ring, but I knock them out. "
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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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