Deontay Wilder

My main sports was football and basketball.

What got me into boxing?

Because of my daughter.

When I... In college, after high school, I would say, you know, college, high school, going in that era, I had a daughter that was on the way.

And I remember being in... Well, we just started college then because I only did...

I only could do the first half of college because I had to drop out

Because I had a daughter on the way, and then she was born with spina bifida.

And it was one of the most scariest feelings of my life, because for one, I'm young.

I'm having a child.

And for two, this child is born with spina bifida.

I don't know nothing about spina bifida.

What is it?

How you get help?

What you do?

So it was a scary feeling.

So I was just remembering telling one of my guys,

that I'm not going to be able to attend for the second half or whatever, that I should start boxing.

I already thought about plans and stuff like that, but not... I was thinking about boxing because I knew that

I was doomed for all the other sports.

My main thing was football, basketball.