Deontay Wilder Quotes

Ali was a legend of our sport. For me as a kid, he inspired me to represent myself like a champion in and out of the ring.

That's one of my idols, I really look up to Pacquiao. This guy is everything I would want to be.

Joe Louis was one of my first heroes.

That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he didn't entirely conquer - he came as close as anybody we are likely to see in the lifetime of this doomed generation.

Essentially, my hero-role model is Muhammad Ali, because when I watched this one fight of his with my dad when I was a kid, and I watched him not go down... I think him just taking a lot of blows and not going down, it was so moving.

Bernard Hopkins is one of my idols.

Mr. Faber is a huge role model. He's a UFC Hall of Famer. He's such a driven person and a champion.

One of my heroes growing up was Darren Gough, he always made things happen and I wanted to be like him.

Conor McGregor has been a tremendous inspiration to me.

The great Muhammad Ali used to have that phrase where he would say: 'Rumble young man, rumble' and 'I'm so pretty I'm ready to rumble.' I kind of just fine tuned it to 'Let's get ready to rumble.'

I remember when I met Picabo Street, you know, how in awe I was of her and how much she inspired me, and I really hope to be that for young kids.

I watched Muhammad Ali, how when he would speak, how it was such a thing of beauty. It sounded so wonderful. And I wanted to be like him.

Muhammad Ali was the greatest of all time. But what made him even greater was what he did outside the ring.

Van Aert is an example to me anyway. When I was still playing football, I watched the races and the cross races. In that world, he was an idol to me.

When I was young, I used to watch videos of Ali boxing, with my dad. It set me on the road. I wanted to be like Ali. I wanted to have my own Nicki shuffle and everything.

Michelle Kwan was an inspiration for everyone, including me.

When I'm done, I want to be known as the fighter that everybody wishes they could've seen live.

I think every day there is some new actress comes out and inspires me to do something else... like Hilary Swank. After she did Boys Don't Cry, I felt this yearning to go out and be even half as good as she was.

Muhammad Ali is a legend, a hero of mine.

Kids come up to me all the time and say, 'Once I was going through a really bad time, and I saw you crash and get up, and it inspired me.'

Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.

Denzel Washington is someone I look up to.

I'm kind of obsessed with Shaun White. I took a DVD of Shaun White to the hospital when I gave birth to my son. His physical elegance and his ease in front of the camera alone are inspiring, but he's got this... this dedication to excellence and this straight up courage that just... it personifies everything I want to be and everything I am not.

I was a daredevil before, and after I lost my sight I was the same. I loved riding bikes, scooters and horses. I even learned to box. Muhammad Ali is my hero.

You get these moments in the ring that live forever. That's what Muhammad Ali accomplished, and I hope that I have, too.