37 Wladimir Klitschko Quotes on Life & Boxing (CHAMPION)

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“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

A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says, 'I can still do it,' he's a champion. — A **champion** shows who he is by what he does when he’s tested. When a person gets up and says, ‘I can still do it,’ he’s a champion.

I don’t care where people come from. It is not important to me. If you are good people will like you, if you’re not, they won’t. It is simple.

I prepare for my fights too well that I don't wanna give a chance to my opponent to crash my 'glass chin' as they say, so I'm knocking them in the way that I like. — I prepare for my fights too well that I don’t wanna give a **chance** to my opponent to crash my ‘glass chin’ as they say, so I’m knocking them in the way that I like.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result. — **Success** is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Sometimes it’s boring because it takes time, but it’s enjoyable. So beating up people for a living is really fun. — Sometimes it’s boring because it takes **time**, but it’s enjoyable. So beating up people for a living is really fun.

“If I am 100% prepared for the fight, my opponent has no chance to win the fight. I am saying what I mean: He has a 0% chance to win the fight. There is going to be no luck involved; there is going to be nothing else to stop me from winning the fight.”
Wladimir Klitschko

Mental strength is really important because you either win or lose in your mind.

You always want to fight the best, to prove you're better than the best. — You always want to fight the best, to prove you’re better than the best.

Mistakes are part of the game. It's how well you recover from them, that's the mark of a great champion. — Mistakes are part of the game. It’s how well you recover from them, that’s the mark of a great **champion**.

I'm never nervous about anything because I think I'm really prepared. It's just a mental state. — I’m never nervous about anything because I think I’m really prepared. It’s just a mental state.

Aggression means emotions. Emotions means you’re gonna get off your plan and that means you’ll lose the fight.

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You cannot control what your opponent is going to do. You can control what you're going to do. — You cannot control what your opponent is going to do. You can control what you’re going to do.

“I run, but boxing conditioning is different, so you have to get used to running in the ring. Boxing movements are very different. Swimming is one of the best because every single muscle is working. I swim a lot. I train very hard at things that mimic boxing. I have to do mostly sport-specific training, such as lots of sparring.”
Wladimir Klitschko

It is up to the people and boxing fans to give me the respect I deserve once I have finished my career. I personally do not think about my legacy. — It is up to the people and boxing fans to give me the **respect** I deserve once I have finished my **career**. I personally do not think about my **legacy**.

Nobody is born as a champion. You have to earn it through hard work. Get started! — Nobody is born as a **champion**. You have to earn it through **hard work**. Get started!

“The first thing I learned in boxing is to not get hit. That’s the art of boxing. Execute your opponent without getting hit. In sports school, we were putting our hands behind our backs and having to defend ourselves with our shoulders, by rolling, by moving round the ring, moving out feet.”
Wladimir Klitschko

I always train and prepare with highest concentration and focus on my next opponent. To me, it does not matter what his name is. — I always train and prepare with highest **concentration** and **focus** on my next opponent. To me, it does not matter what his name is.

I would say that Roger Federer is pretty amazing. And Manny Pacquiao - he's such a tiny, little lightweight guy, but the way he fights makes people so excited. — I would say that **Roger Federer** is pretty amazing. And **Manny Pacquiao** – he’s such a tiny, little lightweight guy, but the way he fights makes people so excited.

“My goal is not getting hit and to knock the other guy out. Some people might complain because they want to see boxers beat up on each other, but you cannot last long in professional boxing if you take a lot of punches.”
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. — 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.

I don’t like to get hit, who likes it I probably wouldn’t do this sport if I was getting hit that much. — I don’t like to get hit, who likes it? I probably wouldn’t do this sport if I was getting hit that much.

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“I learned in my Ph.D. the discipline I needed to be successful. Most boxers are not that disciplined. They have talent, but the self-organization – the ability to schedule yourself and your priorities – is lacking. My studies were about the control of training on both the psychological and the physical side.”
Wladimir Klitschko

It's not just the preparation during the camp; it's the mindset. — It’s not just the **preparation** during the camp; it’s the mindset.

“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

Being in the comfort zone is the first step to failure. — Being in the comfort zone is the first step to **failure**.

The whole key is to be honest with yourself, find the weak spots, work on it, get it done. — The whole key is to be **honest** with yourself, find the weak spots, work on it, get it done.

“All of my fights are planned. I study my opponents from A to Z. How he walks, how he looks, how he speaks, gestures of the human body, which is a certain language that provides you lots of information if you have the ability to read it. You just need to pay attention to it and gain experience over the years.”
Wladimir Klitschko

I learned to let go of mistakes, and I thank my opponents for that.

“You can train your mental strength just like you train your body. If your body looks fit or ripped, it looks strong, and you can flex your muscles. So, physically, you have a certain strength. Mentally, it’s the same thing. You can train your psychological strength.”
Wladimir Klitschko

Criticism is a great motivation. Failure is not an option to me. — Criticism is a great **motivation**. **Failure** is not an option to me.

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“Politics is comparable to boxing. The only thing is that in politics there are basically no rules. In boxing, you can get a black eye, but in politics you can get poison in your food or a bullet in the head. It’s definitely rougher and tougher than other sports.”
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