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
I was born a leader, never a follower. I never felt peer pressure. If the group goes left, I go right.
Everybody has their due season. And it's all about what you do in your season.
Street fight, you just ground and pound 'em. Boxing is totally different.
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.
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.
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.'
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.
I'm one of the baddest, hardest-hitting heavyweights in the business. Right here from Alabama, baby.
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.
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.
I don't see myself being in the sport a very long period of time, so I want to fight as much as possible.
It don't matter if I got a broke hand, got a torn muscle: I'm going to fight like heavyweight champions do.
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.
People can be too harsh, especially with social media. It brings a person down.
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'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.
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.
My right hand is a monster.
Of course I want the Furys, of course I want the Joshuas, but the question is, do they want me?
Against Bermane Stiverne, they said he was going to be the toughest test, but I passed that with flying colours.
I don't know how a man can live with himself to get to the top knowing he didn't do it the right way.
I am going to get world-wide recognition from whoever wants it, and whoever wants to challenge me.
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 want the people to be able to see me and be able to see a great performance.
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.
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.
All my prayers go out to Tyson Fury. I know it's difficult to be in his situation.
I'm not going nowhere, no matter who I fight.
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.
I'm definitely an active champion. I'm looking forward to defending my belt as many times as possible.
My goal is to unify the division. Whoever's got those belts, that's who I want.
I wanted to show the world what Deontay Wilder is all about. I'm a heavyweight, and I'm exciting.
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.
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.
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?
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.
I'm always getting confused with LeBron James. Everywhere I go, I'm LeBron James.
Some guys like to fight on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat.
You have to, as an individual, know how to tune that stage of your life that's in the past out.
We know Fury likes to entertain and promote.
I'm not playing around in 2016.
I never want to hurt no one to the point so they can't go back to their children.
The British scene in boxing, not just the heavyweight division, is popping.
When one guy is doing good, it makes all the others want to achieve greatness.
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 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.
My dream was to play for Alabama - football, basketball.
You always pray for a healthy child, and in this situation, Naieya was born with Spina Bifida... We had choices on the table, and choices to terminate the pregnancy. We could have went on with our lives, and that would have been it, but we decided to take on the challenge.
Boxing is my true calling. I've found my purpose in life.
