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" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
Experience
Go
Looking Forward
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" I've been talking about unifying the division for a long time. "
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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.' "
Deontay Wilder
Sky
Fight
Life
" It's a great feeling to be the WBC champ of the world, but there's more to gain from this. "
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Champ
Feeling
" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
Love
Strength
Power
" I'm one of the baddest, hardest-hitting heavyweights in the business. Right here from Alabama, baby. "
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Business
Alabama
Baby
" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
Name
You
Yourself
" It's contagious to do great. But once that one bad apple falls, everybody else will fall, and that's how it is. "
Deontay Wilder
Everybody
Bad
Apple
" 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
" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
Me
Fight
Work
" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
Daughter
Support
Opportunity
" I'm not playing around in 2016. "
Deontay Wilder
Around
Playing
" 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
" Once I knock Szpilka out, I want all the Polish fans to come on the 'Bronze Bomber' train as I bring the heavyweight division back to the top. "
Deontay Wilder
Fans
Back
Want
" I'm the guy who has everything it takes to be heavyweight champion of the world. It's not just about being great inside the ring: it's about being able to do great things outside of the ring. Not everyone has that. I love to be out there with the people. "
Deontay Wilder
Love
Great
Champion
" I always picture my grandkids looking at their grandfather and saying, 'My grandfather was the last or the first to do something.' There's nothing like setting goals and watching yourself get there, accomplishing that goal and putting your name to a part of history. "
Deontay Wilder
History
Yourself
Goals
" People can be too harsh, especially with social media. It brings a person down. "
Deontay Wilder
Media
Harsh
Down
" We knew Stiverne was tough. You've got to give it to him. He's got a tough chin. "
Deontay Wilder
Him
Got
Tough
" God definitely blessed me with power. I still don't know the limits of my own power. "
Deontay Wilder
Blessed
Power
Me
" We know Fury likes to entertain and promote. "
Deontay Wilder
Likes
Entertain
Fury
" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
Wait
Time
Patience
" All my prayers go out to Tyson Fury. I know it's difficult to be in his situation. "
Deontay Wilder
Prayers
Situation
Know
" I want to defend and put my title on the line as much as possible. If the top in the division are ready to try to come and take my belt - and the key word is 'try' - I'm ready to give them that opportunity. "
Deontay Wilder
Try
Want
Possible
" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
People
Me
God
" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
Like
Me
Other
" I'm always getting confused with LeBron James. Everywhere I go, I'm LeBron James. "
Deontay Wilder
James
Everywhere
Confused
" I don't have any doubt in my mind: I could knock out any man in the heavyweight division. "
Deontay Wilder
Mind
Man
Doubt
" 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
Fight
Hand
" Boxing is my true calling. I've found my purpose in life. "
Deontay Wilder
True
Boxing
Calling
" Against Bermane Stiverne, they said he was going to be the toughest test, but I passed that with flying colours. "
Deontay Wilder
Said
Going
Flying
" I was born a leader, never a follower. I never felt peer pressure. If the group goes left, I go right. "
Deontay Wilder
Group
Pressure
Right