Top 100 Klitschko Quotes
#1. I am going to have one Klitschko for breakfast and one Klitschko for lunch.
Lennox Lewis
#2. I would love to see Wladimir Klitschko fight Antonio Tarver for many reasons. One is Tarver talks a lot; he would build up a big fight. And Tarver is coming off of a great victory. So I think he would be a good opponent.
Emanuel Steward
#3. Vitali [Klitschko] does want to fight me, but his promoter wants to be bigger than him. This is another situation of politics in the sport.
Lennox Lewis
#4. Nobody can beat the Klitschko brothers. That's why it's boring.
Vitali Klitschko
#5. I've got a couple of things over [ Wladimir Klitschko]: He wouldn't spar with me when I went to the camp and I beat him in a mental toughness competition in the sauna.
Tyson Fury
#6. [Wladimir] Klitschko has got the experience, so if Tyson [Fury] waits on him, Klitschko will out-box him. But if he uses his speed and reach it will be a great chance for him to win.
Lennox Lewis
#7. Whether someone like Klitschko wins, loses, draws, or gets knocked out in five seconds, he is still a big name.
Tyson Fury
#8. Good will always prevail over evil. I see that in me versus Klitschko.
Tyson Fury
#9. Who's gonna win between two brothers? The Klitschko mother's gonna win because she said it won't happen.
Wladimir Klitschko
#10. I'm looking forward to fighting Chisora, getting him out of the way, and then fighting Klitschko for all the belts, but I don't think Wladimir is going to take the fight.
Tyson Fury
#11. Jameel McCline acts as if attacking Wladimir Klitschko is akin to attacking Russia during winter
Larry Merchant
#12. [Tyson] Fury is big and [Wladimir] Klitschko's not used to fighting someone his size. If Fury can stop Klitschko grabbing and avoid that big right hand, he's got a chance. In the heavyweight division, it only takes one punch.
Joe Calzaghe
#13. I don't see where Tyson Fury has boxed anybody of Wladimir's [ Klitschko] calibre to be able to get in the ring with Wladimir and do well.
Lennox Lewis
#14. When my supporters start making noise, Wlad [Klitschko] won't know what has hit him. He'll never have experienced an atmosphere like it.
Tyson Fury
#15. Klitschko was the reigning champion for a decade and regarded by many as one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. I'm never going to face another opponent with that legacy.
Tyson Fury
#16. Vitali Klitschko doesn't get enough credit for how intelligent he fights, because he knows when to throw at the target and when to throw through the target.
Larry Merchant
#17. He [Wladimir Klitschko] likes silence when he fights because it gives him time and room to think. He doesn't like things to get chaotic or crazy.
Tyson Fury
#18. Hopefully in 2011 the fans will get to see some fights that they want to see. Manny Pacquiao Vs. Floyd Mayweather needs to happen, and so does David Haye Vs. Wladimir Klitschko. The fans deserve to see fights that they want to see and not just the fights that the promoters want to see.
Emanuel Steward
#19. [Wladimir] Klitschko is a different kettle of fish to Haye. He is a genuine man with an excellent team behind him and they are genuine fighting people.
Tyson Fury
#20. Boxing's given me the chance to travel around the world and open the door and the world is much brighter.
Vitali Klitschko
#22. I tried to be the leader ... that was my aim. But it is important to know how to win and how to lose.
Vitali Klitschko
#23. I promise everyone who comes to Ukraine can see a beautiful country.
Vitali Klitschko
#24. Every fight can be the last one, that's why for every fight I prepare myself like it's the last fight of my career.
Vitali Klitschko
#25. I want to say that I cannot be intimidated or stopped. In order to put an end to various attempts to get rid of me as a possible candidate, I want to say that I'm running for president.
Vitali Klitschko
#26. 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
#27. I would compare it to an actor. I drive myself into the character that later on is in the ring.
Wladimir Klitschko
#29. If Chisora wants to kiss me, OK, if he likes me so much, but the best answer for him will be an answer with a fist in the ring.
Vitali Klitschko
#30. Old man, 40 years old against young hungry man from Great Britain!
Vitali Klitschko
#31. Sometimes it's boring because it takes time, but it's enjoyable. So beating up people for a living is really fun.
Wladimir Klitschko
#32. I prepare for my fights to 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.
Wladimir Klitschko
#33. It is incredibly difficult to adjust to such a little fighter. Mormeck is similar to Mike Tyson, he is just a little still faster.
Wladimir Klitschko
#35. It's not enough to be famous. You have to be professional enough to make reform.
Vitali Klitschko
#37. There are 49 guys that got bored to sleep on my record, so they got knocked out by it.
Wladimir Klitschko
#38. 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.
Wladimir Klitschko
#39. I want to become Kiev's mayor because I love my city very much and want to improve life in it.
Vitali Klitschko
#40. 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.
Wladimir Klitschko
#42. I'm quite shocked by the recent British media stories about an alleged brawl between myself and Dereck Chisora. I am a professional prize fighter and let my fists do the talking only inside the ring. I don't want to comment on Chisora's psychological issues.
Wladimir Klitschko
#43. The whole key is to be honest with yourself, find the weak spots, work on it, get it done.
Wladimir Klitschko
#44. 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.
Wladimir Klitschko
#45. 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
#47. On your way to the top, you always get some chriticism. Criticism is a great motivation.
Wladimir Klitschko
#48. 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
#49. David I knock you out! - While pointing to the camera with a smirk.
Vitali Klitschko
#50. 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
#51. We try to use our experiences as leverage for our social work, to help children to get education because that is the way to get a special life.
Vitali Klitschko
#52. My father told and taught me that the word, can hit harder than the fist.
Wladimir Klitschko
#53. I should say that mental strength is No. 1, experience [is] No. 2, physical strength is No. 3, and genetic ability that you're getting from Mother Nature probably comes after.
Wladimir Klitschko
#54. Aggression means emotions. Emotions means you're gonna get off your plan and that means you'll lose the fight.
Wladimir Klitschko
#55. 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
#57. It was like a musician playing notes. Everything we trained worked.
Wladimir Klitschko
#58. You can take your fitness seriously, but not yourself. That's the most difficult part: not to relax. That's the most difficult challenge I'm facing every fight.
Wladimir Klitschko
#59. 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
#60. Exactly this type of people like you, at the beginning you're gonna be shy but later on you're gonna jump on a chair and you will scream hit him!
Wladimir Klitschko
#62. Unfortunately, I've been fighting injuries recently more than facing rivals in the ring.
Vitali Klitschko
#63. When people are tipsy, they're really encouraged and they wanna prove they can do something to the Heavyweight champion.
Wladimir Klitschko
#64. There is one thing that I feel I still have to do and that is gain revenge over Lennox Lewis. If Lewis came back I would find the motivation to return to boxing and beat him.
Vitali Klitschko
#68. No expert can predict the heavyweight division. Every punch can make the decision.
Vitali Klitschko
#69. He's earned all his money himself, with his fists. He didn't steal it like the rest of our politicians. And he'll be less tempted to steal if he gets in the chair.
Vitali Klitschko
#70. I heard that I am crazy for taking this fight but I'm very excited about this chance. His manager is saying that I'm a 'dead man walking' but 'dead men' cannot have 'nightmares'.
Wladimir Klitschko
#73. The man without a chin, no stamina, dead man, broken man, whatever. On your way to the top, you always get some criticism. Criticism is a great motivation. Failure is not an option to me.
Wladimir Klitschko
#74. If he goes down, he is to get up, and continue to fight, until I finish the process.
Wladimir Klitschko
#75. You are a real champion. You talk a lot over the past six months and it is going to be great to show you inside the ring how it is better to resolve wars. Let's talk in the office.
Vitali Klitschko
#77. 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
#78. I was actually very surprised, and I told myself wow, I want to fight this guy.
Vitali Klitschko
#79. When you're successful for so many years, the scariest part is that you're getting too comfortable because you've had so much success.
Wladimir Klitschko
#80. I think that boxing is actually not as dangerous as the politics. In boxing, you're gonna get a bloody nose or a black eye. In politics you can obviously get either dioxin in the food or bullet in the head.
Wladimir Klitschko
#81. The reality of growing up is we changed schools so many times, my brother was my best friend. We have a five-year age gap, and my brother inspired me. He started boxing, and I just want to show that I could do things better than him.
Wladimir Klitschko
#82. I've fought everybody without ducking anyone. I have beaten 10 undefeated guys, and I never was comparing myself to the greatest in the sport. I was not thinking of breaking any records. I'm just enjoying my time in boxing.
Wladimir Klitschko
#83. 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.
Wladimir Klitschko
#84. From nothing to everything is a long way, from everything to nothing is one stop.
Wladimir Klitschko
#85. I don't like to get hit, who likes it? I probably wouldn't do this sport if I was getting hit that much.
Wladimir Klitschko
#86. I have decided to make a personal message to David Haye. I want him to fight me, to be a man. I wish there will be enough excitement, pressure and courage for David Haye to fight me.
Wladimir Klitschko
#88. People power. It has no limits. In politics, every politician in Ukraine is afraid of that. They know, if people go to the streets, nobody feels safe.
Vitali Klitschko
#89. Many people wants to be the president ... they have ambition. Just ambition is not enough.
Vitali Klitschko
#90. Earlier in my career, I never thought of boxing as a chess game, but I confirm that they are, in fact, very similar. You can plan your fights and strategy just like you would in chess.
Wladimir Klitschko
#91. It's not my place to compare myself to greats like Tyson, Frazier or men like that. But I would look at a fighter like Evander Holyfield. He's a great heavyweight who worked his way up through the weight classes to become champion and had to beat bigger men along the way.
Wladimir Klitschko
#92. This guy [Tyson Fury] really wants to prove himself in the ring and confirm what he keeps telling everyone, that he's the best in the world.
Wladimir Klitschko
#93. Nobody is born as a champion. You have to earn it through hard work. Get started!
Wladimir Klitschko
#94. 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
#95. 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.
Wladimir Klitschko
#96. I'm trying to keep the face of my opponent more or less not damaged but eventually to execute the plan and knock him out.
Wladimir Klitschko
#97. My brother is a doctor and he will take care of post-traumatic stress. I think he'll do it for free.
Wladimir Klitschko
#98. With this magazine, you could change the 'H' to 'G', it may be funnier and better for sales.
Wladimir Klitschko
#99. I think that there's only one nationality and one language in the sport, and you call it performance.
Wladimir Klitschko
#100. All boxing experts told Helenius is the next world champion! Chisora beat him.
Vitali Klitschko
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