Top 45 Deontay Wilder Quotes

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.

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.

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.

My right hand is a monster.

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.

I want the people to be able to see me and be able to see a great performance.

I am going to get world-wide recognition from whoever wants it, and whoever wants to challenge me.

I have so many things that I want to do with my life. I just don’t see myself being a fighter forever. Boxing is my love and passion. It also opens up and sets up other things in my life as well.

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.

Boxing is my true calling. I’ve found my purpose in life.

I would love to go to England.

I’m not losing no time soon, or ever, till I retire.

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.

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.

Size doesn’t mean anything – not all the time.

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.

All my prayers go out to Tyson Fury. I know it’s difficult to be in his situation.

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.

Against Bermane Stiverne, they said he was going to be the toughest test, but I passed that with flying colours.

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.

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

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

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.

When they throw punches, the breathing, the sparring. The heavy bags being hit. All of that – it was a heavenly sound to me.

People can be too harsh, especially with social media. It brings a person down.

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.

I like to have fun in the ring, but I knock them out.

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.

Everybody has their due season. And it’s all about what you do in your season.

When I come to spar, I definitely come to spar; I definitely come to fight.

It don’t matter if I got a broke hand, got a torn muscle: I’m going to fight like heavyweight champions do.

There is no bigger fight than Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder.

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.’

I’m always getting confused with LeBron James. Everywhere I go, I’m LeBron James.

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.

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.

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.

The British scene in boxing, not just the heavyweight division, is popping.

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.

I just love boxing. I’m in love with the sport.

Some guys like to fight on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat.

It’s contagious to do great. But once that one bad apple falls, everybody else will fall, and that’s how it is.

I’m definitely an active champion. I’m looking forward to defending my belt as many times as possible.

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

I want to put my name in history. I love history.