Deontay Wilder

“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.”

“We know Fury likes to entertain and promote.”

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

“Boxing is my true calling. I've found my purpose in life.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“I wanted to show the world what Deontay Wilder is all about. I'm a heavyweight, and I'm exciting.”

“I don't play boxing.”

“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.'”

“Tuscaloosa, Alabama - I love you.”

“I'm not playing around in 2016.”

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

“I'm not going nowhere, no matter who I fight.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“It's a great feeling to be the WBC champ of the world, but there's more to gain from this.”

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

“My dream was to play for Alabama - football, basketball.”