Deontay Wilder Quotes

I don't think I'm a follower, frankly.

I'm a bit of a rebel, and I always will be.

I know a little about CM Punk in that he does his own thing. I'm inspired by people who do that in their own life. That they just do their own thing no matter what the consequences are.

Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'

I'm bad at doing what I'm told. I'm a born free thinker.

I've never been a yes man.

I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.

For the most part, I don't care about what everyone else is doing, or what is popular.

I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected.

I have never limited myself by focusing much on being a 'normal' teenager.

I can't help but do things my own way.

Since I'm a contrarian, I don't want to go along with what everyone else thinks.

I don't want to be normal, I don't want to grow up.

Me, I like to go against the grain.

I think I always had, like, a rebellious spirit. But it wasn't a rebellious spirit to do wrong. It was a rebellious spirit to do something different.

It was just, I was always contrarian. I was always, you know, 'We want to do this with you,' 'No, I want to do that.' In so many things, I wanted to do things my way.

I never wanted a traditional lifestyle. I'm not that kind of person.

I always spoke my mind. I didn't go with the flow.

I've never been a 'yes person.'

I always wanted to be different and do things differently. I was a pain in the neck. I was challenging everything you wanted me to do and challenging people in school.

Because I have success, it doesn't mean I'm part of the mainstream. I'm still an outsider.

I like to be a free spirit. Some don't like that, but that's the way I am.

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

My mom was a free spirit, and she brought me up to be a free spirit.

I did not let people tell me what to do, and I never wanted to be a groupie.