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Criticism is a great motivation. Failure is not an option to me.
Wladimir Klitschko
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Wladimir Klitschko
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: March 25
Boxer
Professional Boxer
Semipalatinsk
Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klychko
Dr. Steelhammer
Wladimir Klitschko
Wladimir Wladimirowitsch Klitschko
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More quotes by Wladimir Klitschko
In the old days, when Muhammad Ali was fighting Ken Norton, Joe Frazier and George Foreman, there was a lot of excitement in the heavyweight division, I have to admit it.
Wladimir Klitschko
The whole key is to be honest with yourself, find the weak spots, work on it, get it done.
Wladimir Klitschko
I have a Ph.D. in philosophy and sports science. At 14, I went through this really tough Soviet training system. A lot of my roommates got psychologically broken or physically injured. Either you came through, or you were out. I made my Ph.D. work in the field of young athletes aged 14-19 because at this age any human is changing.
Wladimir Klitschko
There's certain things that you cannot cross, no matter who you are, what you're doing or where you're coming from.
Wladimir Klitschko
The challenge for me is his size because, for the first time in my career, I'll be meeting an opponent who is taller than me and has a longer reach.
Wladimir Klitschko
Sometimes it's boring because it takes time, but it's enjoyable. So beating up people for a living is really fun.
Wladimir Klitschko
I train six days a week for four to five hours a day. I like to keep the same schedule when I'm in camp for every fight.
Wladimir Klitschko
I Was Psychologically Sick For 3 Days Afterwards.
Wladimir Klitschko
With this magazine, you could change the 'H' to 'G', it may be funnier and better for sales.
Wladimir Klitschko
There is no money in this world that will make us fight.
Wladimir Klitschko
You lose or you win the fight - and anything in life - in your mind. I can look at how the person walks, how he speaks, his expressions. It's a wisdom. Eyes are the mirror of the soul. So you can read a lot.
Wladimir Klitschko
He [Tyson Fury] will be difficult opponent to adjust to, because of his style of fighting and physical conditions. Fans will certainly not be bored.
Wladimir Klitschko
These nuclear plants are more dangerous than people realize.
Wladimir Klitschko
Mental strength is really important because you either win or lose in your mind. And I'm not solely talking about sporting matches, boxing events - anything you do, you do it first with your mental strength. And you can actually train and develop it, and I am responsible for what I'm saying because I have experience with that.
Wladimir Klitschko
He's been an inspiration for me since the Olympics 1996.
Wladimir Klitschko
All the champions - you go and ask Mike Tyson or Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Lennox Lewis and myself included, and I'm sorry for putting myself in line with all the other great names - but the champion's attitude is it doesn't matter who is in front of me, I am going to conquer this person and win the fight and knock the person out.
Wladimir Klitschko
It was like a musician playing notes. Everything we trained worked.
Wladimir Klitschko
Nobody is born as a champion. You have to earn it through hard work. Get started!
Wladimir Klitschko
In Soviet times the border was closed so we couldn't get out of the country, and I had been reading Robinson Crusoe. I wanted to see the ocean, I wanted to see boats, I wanted to see black people, because we didn't have that in the Soviet Union. I was all excited by that stuff.
Wladimir Klitschko
I respect the IBF obligation to fight Povetkin, but I would like the exception to fight David Haye. That is the only title the Klitschkos don't have. We have them all except the WBA, which is why Haye is such an interesting cookie for me to eat.
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