Wladimir Klitschko Quotes About Sports

Quotes about: Sports

• 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

  Sports, Motivation, Likes

• I think that there's only one nationality and one language in the sport, and you call it performance.

  Wladimir Klitschko

  Sports, Motivation, Thinking

• 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

  Sports, Art, Moving

  "Wladimir Klitschko: Dr Feelgood has a cure for David Haye's disrespect". Interview with Paul Hayward, www.theguardian.com. June 25, 2011.

• 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

  Sports, Eye, Boxing

• I think we have tremendous media covering the sport of boxing, even if boxing is a little bit lost in popularity with MMA sports. And I think that with the show 'Lights Out' it's going to get more attention to the sport, and it's going to put more attention to the problems that athletes in general have.

  Wladimir Klitschko

  Sports, Athlete, Thinking

• 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

  Sports, Running, Swimming

• 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

  Sports, Thinking, Boxing

• I'm playing right now a role, and the role is called the 'Heavyweight Champion of the World.' And it takes all of the time. And I love this role, and it takes a lot of attention for me for the sport, and I just don't want to lose the title, so that's why I have to stay focused and not become an actor.

  Wladimir Klitschko

  Sports, Heavyweights, Champion

• 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

  Sports, Philosophy, Athlete

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