Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Anthony Johnson

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Last updated on November 5, 2024.

Anthony Kewoa Johnson is an American mixed martial artist currently competing for Bellator MMA in the light heavyweight division. He has also competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is known for his one punch knockout power. He was the #1 ranked light heavyweight contender in official UFC rankings, and was ranked #2 in the world by Sherdog and ESPN, before his retirement in April 2017. Johnson later came out of retirement in May 2021, defeating Jose Augusto by knockout.

American - Mixed Martial Artist | Born: March 6, 1984

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When I dropped Daniel Cormier I definitely tried to finish him off.

Anthony Johnson

I like all sports, even golf.

Anthony Johnson

I know I can end a fight in a second, but I never think about being one of the most dangerous guys. I'm just not that way.

Anthony Johnson

Wrestling is not on my radar.

Anthony Johnson

Either I'm going out on my shield or you're going out on your shield. That's just what it is. I go out there and fight. I see an opening, I take it. You make a mistake, I take it.

Anthony Johnson

I just gotta keep improving until I know that if I end up in a certain situations I know that I can feel comfortable.

Anthony Johnson

I do believe in ring rust. If you got it, you got it. And if you don't, you don't.

Anthony Johnson

If I'm tired one day, then I'll take the day off instead of pushing through it, because then that's when you hurt yourself.

Anthony Johnson

I had my issues for 2014, but at the end of the day, it was still an amazing year for me.

Anthony Johnson

It's not just Georges St. Pierre, I see myself being able to beat every fighter.

Anthony Johnson

I ain't trying to fight until I'm 35. I'm trying to make my money and go on to something different - do bigger and better things with my life. Hell, I don't want to get punched in the head that damn much. I've got other things I want to do.

Anthony Johnson

I enjoyed the UFC.

Anthony Johnson

I've been working hard. I'm working on my wrestling, grappling more and I'm always working on my cardio.

Anthony Johnson

After I got cut by the UFC for not making weight, I realized I was making myself look like a fool. I was hurting my team. I was hurting my family. I was hurting myself.

Anthony Johnson

I'm working hard to get to the title, I've been busting my butt off to get to the title.

Anthony Johnson

DC will always talk. I just found out he just talks. I kind of figured it out. He talks just to hear himself talk. I know he wants to be that guy that's a big time promoter and all this other stuff, but I think he's his own biggest cheerleader and his worst promoter for sure.

Anthony Johnson

We all work hard. We don't have time to sit back and wait on anyone. It's a short career.

Anthony Johnson

I don't take anybody for granted, but I see myself beating each and every fighter that I face.

Anthony Johnson

I don't think anybody should put limits on what you believe you can do.

Anthony Johnson

I played baseball a little bit and ran some track. I was a catcher at one point and I was at shortstop.

Anthony Johnson

There's no man on the planet that has a five-fight win streak that isn't confident.

Anthony Johnson

There was only one person that was just too big for me and that was Andrei Arlovski.

Anthony Johnson

At 185 in the UFC they had Rich Franklin and Anderson Silva, and I couldn't go to 205 - they had Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell and all of those big guys. I just wasn't mature enough, so if I hadn't fought at 170 I probably wouldn't have had the career I've had.

Anthony Johnson

I make people adjust to what I do, and worry about what I do.

Anthony Johnson

Going down to 170 was hell. But if I hadn't fought at 170, people wouldn't know who Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson is.

Anthony Johnson

I'll always keep fighting, keep being myself and be as respectful as I can be to stay as true to myself as I can and stay humble.

Anthony Johnson

Most people when I hit them once, they're done.

Anthony Johnson

Things happen all the time and nothing ever goes the way you truly planned.

Anthony Johnson

I learn from my mistakes and I learned how to accept things and how to take them whenever my opponent changes.

Anthony Johnson

I don't think losing too much weight is healthy at all, but look who's talking. I used to lose 40-to-50 pounds.

Anthony Johnson

I go in and I fight and I do my best, win or lose. That's just what it is with me.

Anthony Johnson

I don't believe in fighting any dog period.

Anthony Johnson

I'm trained to fight, not chase people around.

Anthony Johnson

You make a mistake, you better hope I wasn't paying attention and didn't see it, but if I catch you doing it and you think I'm not paying attention, then that's when you get in trouble.

Anthony Johnson

I take very good care of all my dogs and I treat them all the same.

Anthony Johnson

I want to be like Georges St Pierre, working my way up from the ground and be the best.

Anthony Johnson

I wish the best for everybody.

Anthony Johnson

Glover is a brawler.

Anthony Johnson

I just enjoy my life, go with the flow and spend time with the people that I love.

Anthony Johnson

GSP will lose eventually.

Anthony Johnson

When you face a guy like Nogueira, you think, 'OK, this is about to be a battle,' because the last name Nogueira means a lot.

Anthony Johnson

When I was fighting at 170 I thought everybody was big. At the same time, I don't see guys as being too big for me as long as I can see them eye-to-eye.

Anthony Johnson

I want to stand with everybody as that is where you show the men from the boys.

Anthony Johnson

When you're walking out to the cage and fighting a guy like Vitor Belfort and you've got the crowd going crazy, most people would lose the fight right there and then. Since I've fought in a crowd that crazy and wild, I feel that nothing else is going to be like that.

Anthony Johnson

There was a time when my siblings could have walked up to me and we could have had a conversation and I wouldn't have recognized them as my blood.

Anthony Johnson

I got fat but I was happy.

Anthony Johnson

If I see an opening, I go for it.

Anthony Johnson

Koscheck has evolved and he's a great fighter and now he's got hands, so he's more dangerous.

Anthony Johnson

The grandmothers always want someone to eat.

Anthony Johnson

I was super excited to fight Yoel. He's dangerous; super dangerous.

Anthony Johnson

Nobody's perfect and if somebody says they're perfect then please, let me meet them.

Anthony Johnson

I hold my breath with my punches in the fight and you know how that catches up with you.

Anthony Johnson

At first, I wanted to compete and win a world title because I knew I was supposed to win a world title. I felt it.

Anthony Johnson

First and foremost, I want to be the champ.

Anthony Johnson

We're supposed to make mistakes and learn.

Anthony Johnson

I'm not perfect. Show me somebody that hasn't talked trash about somebody and put it on Facebook.

Anthony Johnson

My grandparents are amazing and most people love their grandparents. It's no different with me.

Anthony Johnson

I've been down a pretty crazy road. The story of me is pretty out there.

Anthony Johnson

I was sitting around bored one day and was thinking of a name that would fit me. They have 'Cabbage,' 'Rampage,' 'Shogun,' and 'Ninja' so why can't we have a 'Rumble?'

Anthony Johnson

Much respect to Daniel Cormier, he's a hell of an athlete and hell of a champion.

Anthony Johnson

Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Anthony Johnson

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