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" 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
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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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" I'm not playing around in 2016. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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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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Life
" People can be too harsh, especially with social media. It brings a person down. "
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Down
" 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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" 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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Feel
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" 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. "
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History
Yourself
Goals
" I want the people to be able to see me and be able to see a great performance. "
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People
Me
" I don't have any doubt in my mind: I could knock out any man in the heavyweight division. "
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Mind
Man
Doubt
" 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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Opportunity
" Boxing is my true calling. I've found my purpose in life. "
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" My dream was to play for Alabama - football, basketball. "
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Play
Basketball
Dream
" 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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Seriously
Hurt
Pain
" 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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Think
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Head
" I definitely got into a lot of fights when I was a kid. I never understood it. I was one of those quiet kids. I never picked with no one. "
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" I had a lot of great moments with David Haye. "
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" Everybody has their due season. And it's all about what you do in your season. "
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" If Bronze Bomber got loose in the streets, it won't be something nice. "
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" I can adapt to any environment or any situation I need to, so I am ready to go to Russia. You take what you get or start crying about it, but I am re-doing 'Rocky IV.' I am doing the black 'Rocky.' "
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" Street fight, you just ground and pound 'em. Boxing is totally different. "
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" I don't play boxing. "
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" I wanted to show the world what Deontay Wilder is all about. I'm a heavyweight, and I'm exciting. "
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" When one guy is doing good, it makes all the others want to achieve greatness. "
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" You have to, as an individual, know how to tune that stage of your life that's in the past out. "
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