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" 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. "

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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. "

Deontay Wilder

Legacy

Build

Way

" We know Fury likes to entertain and promote. "

" 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. "

" Working with one of the best strength trainers in the world, I'm getting more dangerous. I'm getting stronger and stronger. "

" 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

Looking Forward

" I had a lot of great moments with David Haye. "

" 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. "

" 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

Other

" 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. "

" Size doesn't mean anything - not all the time. "

" I don't have any doubt in my mind: I could knock out any man in the heavyweight division. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My goal is to unify the division. Whoever's got those belts, that's who I want. "

" I didn't even know about amateur boxing, period. "

" 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. "

Deontay Wilder

Seeing

Land

" I'm ready for Joseph Parker. The question is, is he ready for me? "

Deontay Wilder

Parker

Question

" We knew Stiverne was tough. You've got to give it to him. He's got a tough chin. "

" 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

Chef

Wanting

" I don't play boxing. "

Deontay Wilder

Play

Boxing

" I was raised by both parents up to 17. We had a good family. We had a middle class family, good teaching and good surroundings, raised by the church, where I went every week whether I wanted to or not. "

Deontay Wilder

Parents

Good

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" I never want to hurt no one to the point so they can't go back to their children. "

Deontay Wilder

Children

Back

" 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. "

" I can be a tennis player, a golf player, and even a soccer player. "

" Some guys may play around and say a couple of things, but if I say it, I mean it. I may laugh, it may be funny, but if I say I'm going to get you, I'm going to get you. "

" 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. "

" I don't see myself being in the sport a very long period of time, so I want to fight as much as possible. "

" I've been talking about unifying the division for a long time. "