Top 105 Quotes & Sayings by Anderson Silva
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Brazilian athlete Anderson Silva.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
I like to play soccer and paintball. I love paintball.
I was really disappointed with the lack of respect from the UFC towards Brazilian athletes.
A lot of people thought I was gay.
This is the UFC. UFC has the best fighters in the world. That's it.
My teaching is my legacy.
I no fight for the money because I work hard for UFC for long time. I have money for my family. But I fight because I love it.
I trained together with Jacare for a long time.
Sometimes people think I'm gay. A lot of people have asked me if I'm gay. I answer, 'Look, not to my knowledge. But I'm still young, it could be that in the future, I'll find out that I'm gay.'
Roy Jones is different. I like the style and the movement.
Roy Jones and Muhammad Ali are the inspiration for my style of fighting.
Having kids and a relationship at such an early age definitely built up my hunger and perseverance to succeed.
I win for long time. I'm champion for long time - for years.
The only problem with Pride was guys would try to slip through the ropes to escape. But other than that, I love Pride rules.
I give my heart for this sport. I give my leg for this sport. I give my time for my family for this sport.
I will be a complete man, a complete athlete, with a fight with Roy Jones Jr.
I don't have a problem putting on or cutting weight. I would adapt my training if I'm training for a Light Heavyweight fight by using different techniques and by wearing a weight vest to get used to the extra fighting weight.
Basically, sometimes a reporter will ask a question, and I feel the answers only matter when the questions are relevant.
His boxing style is one that I would like to test myself against. I've always been a fan of his, and I've always wanted to test myself against Roy Jones.
I enjoy fighting, but my family says, 'Stop, no.'
God bless Neymar because this boy has changed the lives of kids in Brazil. A lot of children watch him, believe they can be the next Neymar. Sometimes, you have a great opportunity to change and impact the lives of kids.
For a long time, I have waited for the opportunity to fight Mr. Roy Jones. This is my personal goal and dream.
I'm over this thing of being champion, having the title.
I'm not scared of Jon Jones or Chris Weidman or whoever. I'm here to fight. That's it. It's simple.
You can't give up on your dreams.
I think I've been through all the phases of the sport. I won, I lost, I got injured. Now I get to do what I love, with my truth, without worrying about what people will say or things like that.
People that want to talk can talk. Even a parrot talks. People are always going to have their thoughts on what they're going to say.
I'm a big fan, and I like the idea of fighting Roy Jones Jr.
Georges St-Pierre is a good fighter who is proving his place in MMA with every fight.
I respect my fans.
In my camp, we have Minotoro Noguiera and Lyoto Machida.
There are many great fighters in the UFC; some of my favorites are Rodrigo Nogueira, Lyoto Machida, and B. J. Penn, but aside from these guys, the UFC has many great fighters in every division.
I'm an athlete who took the sport to another level. I don't get or ever got the respect from people.
Past waters don't move anything. They only create mosquitoes.
I respect all the fighters. I respect Jon Jones. I respect Chris Weidman, but I'm here for working.
The fact is that everything I've done, no one else could do. I don't want to be cocky or arrogant or think I'm the best, but what I've tried to do all those years was to show I was different from the others. And that's not my opinion, but everyone's.
Sonnen doesn't know martial arts. He's a wrestler; he doesn't know how to respect people. Some say he's promoting the fight, but he disrespected my country, my family and fans.
I don't feel that I have to prove anything to anyone as far as what I've done in fighting.
Definitely I feel my kids played a big role in why I was so successful in fighting.
I proved for a long time how much I've given of my heart and of my time to the UFC.
The thing I always demand is respect. I respect everybody and have a history in the sport, and I believe people need to respect me.
There's no such thing as holding back. I want to finish as soon as possible. The only time I did it was because he was a friend of mine. It was against Thales Leites. We went until the last round because he's a friend of mine, and I respect him.
McGregor is a great fighter, and he is doing his job very well. He is very intelligent; he knows exactly what he is doing.
When I started training martial arts, I learned about respect.
I would love to fight my clone.
I'm always training to fight the best fighters in the world, and if the UFC wants me to fight Georges St-Pierre, then I will fight him.
I'm a natural born fighter, so this is what I do, and it's normal. It's natural. It's what I've always done as a martial artist, and as a martial artist, it's what I always wanted to do - test myself and always fighting. It's what I'm meant to do.
I respect all the fighters. I respect Georges St-Pierre because Georges has a great story in the UFC. I respect all the fighters in here because this is the biggest sport in the world.
Brazil's got everything to be a great country for Brazilians and for immigrants.
Fighting, for me, is like skydiving without the parachute.
I love the sport. I love fighting. Fighting is my life.
I love my job. I go to fight because this is me.
Unfortunately, the reporters ask the same questions over and over again. When reporters keep asking the same questions, they've got to recognize I may hear these questions 20 to 30 times in a matter of days. It gets to the point where I think, 'Read the other interviews!'
The moment when I broke my leg, when I realized my leg was broken, I thought my career was over.
I think everyone deserves their place in this sport, and Bisping has been around, and he's fought hard and deserves to be the champion.
Nick Diaz is a guy who walks forward, has great boxing skills.
Life is about how much you can take and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward.
I respect Conor McGregor a lot because this man changed everything in the UFC.
He's one of the best fighters in the UFC. I never thought I'd face Nick Diaz. I've watched all his fights.
Not only in the Octagon, but also in life, sometimes I have to take two steps back to take one step forward.
I come to fight because I love to fight. It's my life.
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