I am very comfortable travelling and going into other territories.
— Deontay Wilder
I don't see myself being in the sport a very long period of time, so I want to fight as much as possible.
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?
I can be a tennis player, a golf player, and even a soccer player.
I don't have any doubt in my mind: I could knock out any man in the heavyweight division.
I'm ready for Joseph Parker. The question is, is he ready for me?
I've been talking about unifying the division for a long time.
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.
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.
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.
It's contagious to do great. But once that one bad apple falls, everybody else will fall, and that's how it is.
My right hand is a monster.
We know Fury likes to entertain and promote.
You have to, as an individual, know how to tune that stage of your life that's in the past out.
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 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.
I'm definitely an active champion. I'm looking forward to defending my belt as many times as possible.
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.
I like to have fun in the ring, but I knock them out.
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.
To make it in boxing, you must captivate the fans in America, too.
I would love to go to England.
I was born a leader, never a follower. I never felt peer pressure. If the group goes left, I go right.
Working with one of the best strength trainers in the world, I'm getting more dangerous. I'm getting stronger and stronger.
Street fight, you just ground and pound 'em. Boxing is totally different.
My dream was to play for Alabama - football, basketball.
When one guy is doing good, it makes all the others want to achieve greatness.
I never want to hurt no one to the point so they can't go back to their children.
All my prayers go out to Tyson Fury. I know it's difficult to be in his situation.
Some guys like to fight on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat.
I'm always getting confused with LeBron James. Everywhere I go, I'm LeBron James.
I want to defend and put my title on the line as much as possible. If the top in the division are ready to try to come and take my belt - and the key word is 'try' - I'm ready to give them that opportunity.
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.
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.
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 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.
There is no bigger fight than Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder.
My goal is to unify the division. Whoever's got those belts, that's who I want.
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.
God definitely blessed me with power. I still don't know the limits of my own power.
Boxing is my true calling. I've found my purpose in life.
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.
The British scene in boxing, not just the heavyweight division, is popping.
I'm not playing around in 2016.
People can be too harsh, especially with social media. It brings a person down.
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.
