35 Inspirational Deontay Wilder Quotes On Success
1. “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 has been before.” Deontay Wilder
2. “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 a 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
3. “I like to have fun in the ring, but I knock them out.” Deontay Wilder
4. “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
5. “You have to, as an individual, know how to tune that stage of your life that’s in the past out.” Deontay Wilder
6. “I don’t care what you have done before or what you are capable of: if you come up against a guy like me, you are in trouble.” Deontay Wilder
7. “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
8. “God definitely blessed me with power. I still don’t know the limits of my own power.” Deontay Wilder
9. “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 come up this fast.” Deontay Wilder
10. “I don’t have any doubt in my mind: I could knock out any man in the heavyweight division.” Deontay Wilder
11. “We know Fury likes to entertain and promote.” Deontay Wilder
12. “All my prayers go out to Tyson Fury. I know it’s difficult to be in his situation.” Deontay Wilder
13. “My right hand is a monster.” Deontay Wilder
14. “It doesn’t matter if I got a broken hand, got a torn muscle: I’m going to fight as heavyweight champions do.” Deontay Wilder
15. “To make it in boxing, you must captivate the fans in America, too.” Deontay Wilder
16. “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
17. “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.” Deontay Wilder
18. “Working with one of the best strength trainers in the world, I’m getting more dangerous. I’m getting stronger and stronger.” Deontay Wilder
19. “I was born a leader, never a follower. I never felt peer pressure. If the group goes left, I go right.” Deontay Wilder
20. “Nothing has been given to Deontay Wilder. So with that being said, nothing is going to be taken from me. So I must stay focused. I must. I must. It is an absolute must to stay focused.” Deontay Wilder
21. “I am very comfortable traveling and going into other territories.” Deontay Wilder
22. “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 anymore. 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
23. “Some guys like to fight on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat.” Deontay Wilder
24. “People can be too harsh, especially with social media. It brings a person down.” Deontay Wilder
25. “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
26. “Whether somebody thinks badly of me, whether somebody doesn’t feel that I should be doing this or I should be doing it that way, I don’t really care. Whether they think that my fatigue is being laid, legs are skinny, I don’t care.” Deontay Wilder
27. “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 gone on with our lives, and that would have been it, but we decided to take on the challenge.” Deontay Wilder
28. “Everybody has their due season. And it’s all about what you do in your season.” Deontay Wilder
29. “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.” Deontay Wilder
30. “Boxing is my true calling. I’ve found my purpose in life.” Deontay Wilder
31. “I’ve been talking about unifying the division for a long time.” Deontay Wilder
32. “My goal is to unify the division. Whoever got that belt, that’s who I want.” Deontay Wilder
33. “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
34. “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
35. “When one guy is doing good, it makes all the others want to achieve greatness.” Deontay Wilder