Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
Tough
Punk
Fighting
Related Quotes:
" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
Career
Muhammad Ali
Mine
" I had a lot of great moments with David Haye. "
Deontay Wilder
Great Moments
Great
Moments
" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
Ring
Skill
Bank
" Some guys like to fight on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat. "
Deontay Wilder
Cheat
Some
Playing
" There comes a time when you have to put forth the action and actually see whether you're really just talking to promote yourself, just to sell yourself, or to build your confidence or build confidence around you... or are you the real deal? "
Deontay Wilder
You
Action
Confidence
" 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 didn't even know about amateur boxing, period. "
Deontay Wilder
Boxing
About
Even
" When I come to spar, I definitely come to spar; I definitely come to fight. "
Deontay Wilder
Come
Definitely
Fight
" 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
" I would love to go to England. "
Deontay Wilder
Love
Would
England
" I'm one of the baddest, hardest-hitting heavyweights in the business. Right here from Alabama, baby. "
Deontay Wilder
Business
Alabama
Baby
" We know Fury likes to entertain and promote. "
Deontay Wilder
Likes
Entertain
Fury
" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
Power
Preparation
Try
" I'm always getting confused with LeBron James. Everywhere I go, I'm LeBron James. "
Deontay Wilder
James
Everywhere
Confused
" 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
" The British scene in boxing, not just the heavyweight division, is popping. "
Deontay Wilder
Just
Scene
Boxing
" Boxing is my true calling. I've found my purpose in life. "
Deontay Wilder
True
Boxing
Calling
" I don't have any doubt in my mind: I could knock out any man in the heavyweight division. "
Deontay Wilder
Mind
Man
Doubt
" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
American
Trouble
Parents
" 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
" I want to put my name in history. I love history. "
Deontay Wilder
Name
History
Want
" It don't matter if I got a broke hand, got a torn muscle: I'm going to fight like heavyweight champions do. "
Deontay Wilder
Muscle
Fight
Hand
" I like to have fun in the ring, but I knock them out. "
Deontay Wilder
Have Fun
Knock
Out
" 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
" 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 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. "
Deontay Wilder
Never
Got
Kids
" People can be too harsh, especially with social media. It brings a person down. "
Deontay Wilder
Media
Harsh
Down
" 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
" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
Seriously
Hurt
Pain
" I'm ready for Joseph Parker. The question is, is he ready for me? "
Deontay Wilder
Parker
He
Question