Vitali Klitschko
Vitali Klitschko
Vitali Volodymyrovych Klitschko is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer who currently serves as Mayor of Kiev and head of the Kiev City State Administration. He has held both offices since June 2014...
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth19 July 1971
country motivation world
I've travelled around the world, I've lived in Germany, I've lived in the United States, I've visited many countries, I can question why such a good country, such huge potential, why we don't develop in the right way.
motivation doors boxing
Boxing's given me the chance to travel around the world and open the door and the world is much brighter.
motivation fighter feels
I know that and I feel that.
motivation fighting careers
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.
motivation fighting interesting
If your opponent wants to fight, the fight will be very interesting not just for the audience, but for myself.
people limits
People power. It has no limits.
smart fighting thinking
Chess is similar to boxing. You need to develop a strategy, and you need to think two or three steps ahead about what your opponent is doing. You have to be smart. But what’s the difference between chess and boxing? In chess, nobody is an expert, but everybody plays. In boxing everybody is an expert, but nobody fights.
winning leader important
I tried to be the leader ... that was my aim. But it is important to know how to win and how to lose.
motivation men years
Old man, 40 years old against young hungry man from Great Britain!
beat fighters happy mouth perform proves talk
I am really happy that Rahman beat Monte Barrett, ... I want to beat Hasim Rahman very much. His mouth and talk proves nothing to me. I think real fighters do not perform in the press, they perform in the ring.
came careful eighth gym injured knee sparring sportsman thursday trauma turned
I came about something of what no sportsman can be insured of. This is a trauma. On Thursday evening, when I was in the sparring at the Pound-4-Pound Gym in LA, I injured my right knee in the eighth round. After careful examinations it turned out to be a trauma of the meniscus in the right knee.
again boxing depend dream fans fight happy media record second wait won
I had a dream after the fight. I won the fight. But in my fight record I was losing. Not just me but the media and all boxing fans wait for a second fight. And I will be very happy to fight him again but it does not depend on me.