Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Cody Garbrandt

I'm a small town kid from Uhrichsville, Ohio.

If someone pushes me, they're getting knocked out. They're going to get in a fight.

I'm too quick. I'm in and out.

Every fight for me is personal. It's a man trying to steal a dream from me.

I feel like everyone's equal, I never thought I was better than anybody.

I'm a firm believer in karma, so getting stabbed was an eye opener.

My son looks up to me and watches every single thing I do.

I love the S'mores Pop-Tarts. Usually after a fight I get Pop-Tarts and cereal.

I like free money.

I am not in the least bit racist. I have a sister that's married to a black guy.

As long as you are an active fighter, no, we're not cool.

I really enjoy eating healthy. My body feels better, I perform better. So even outside of a camp, I'm just always keeping ready and taking care of my body.

I'm obsessed with this sport. I'm obsessed with getting better. I'm obsessed with winning. Losing's part of it. It challenges you to grow.

The higher the opponent for me, the more that I shine.

Wrestling was something I did my whole entire life and I think losing the passion for that, I didn't have any drive.

I was having so much fun in my first world title fight, against one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, I didn't want it to end.

I like to stay busy and I like to fight, I'm a fighter.

I got a shirt that says 'Hanging with the boys,' I call everybody 'boy.'

I'm the hardest puncher, the fastest fighter in my division.

I'm emotional but I fight with passion.

I'll be shadow-boxing and look over and see Kai shadow-boxing around the house. Me and my wife trip out all the time because he listens to us and absorbs everything we do and say... I know I have to be a good example for him. I want him to be proud to say, 'That's my father.'

I think going in a boxing ring with Conor would be great, or in MMA... No ill will towards the guy but I actually believe I'm a better boxer.

The quickest time to rehydrate is right after you're done training, so I'm always carrying these gallons of water to drink, drink, drink so my body can recover faster. And that's a huge part of being able to take damage, by the way. If you're hydrated, your brain is lubricated, you can take bigger shots.

Honestly, I feel I am very skilled, I work hard.

Your body is made up of something like 60 percent water. So if you're constantly draining yourself and dehydrating yourself in your training sessions, you constantly have to be on top of drinking enough water to rehydrate.

There are plenty of strikers that have a good jab.

I was the smallest out of everyone I hung out with.

I don't put things to the side.

It's something I've visualized since I was teenager, fighting Cruz, but he's never really faced a sound physical and emotional fighter like myself.

I have respect for Bryan Caraway.

I beat the bullies up. I got suspended a lot for beating up kids in our schools that were bullying other, sometimes mentally handicapped kids.

I always say, 'Honor thy mother and go to war for my brother.'

I'm able to go to 125, challenge and win that title there, and then go back up to 135 pounds and compete with the best of them there.

I want to have longevity with the UFC. It's a dream come true to be with the UFC, so I just want to have longevity with them.

Here's my thing: Real fighters fight.

I have the heaviest hands in my division.

Some fighters think they're athletes and it's a sport. I know I'm athletic, but I'm a fighter first.

I don't think I was ever in a mindset where I don't want to fight cause I feel like every time that I tried to draw away from fighting, I was always pulled back in.

My goal is to be the champion of the world, and that's what I'll set myself up to do.

Without fighting, I don't think I would be as happy in this life.

UFC 203, Stipe Miocic is defending his belt in Cleveland, Ohio, that's where I spent a lot of my amateur career and boxing, it's an hour and 20 minutes from my hometown. I would like to dance with someone there in the Quicken Loans Arena.

I really like people who stick with their fellow countrymen.

You can put 10 Dominick Cruz's in front of me, I'll knock them all out. 10 out of 10.

I'm chasing greatness.

Covid did affect me for quite some time but my body healed. I repaired it and rebuild it.

I have been a world champion, I have climbed that mountain.

I feel the bigger the stage, the pressure starts to get to others and they crumble. I feel like this is where I shine the brightest and perform the best.

Obviously, if you're able to become a two division world champion - not many are world champions in their life or their career. I have the opportunity to do this.

I've been super motivated to get better.

A lot of fighters, Cruz got under their skin. The guy's a dork and he tries to be a bully.

There's nothing better to challenge yourself against than a heavy-handed striker like John Lineker. But, I mean, he's a brawler. That's it. He's a brawler. He gets sucked into those brawls.

I want to fight. I love to fight.

You only get one first title shot.

I've fought my whole life. I've fought whoever they put in front of me. Whether it was in boxing or in the street or whatever, I've never backed down from a fight.

I go from unranked to world champion in one year.

We never quit. My mom instilled that attitude in us, that never quit, never surrender.

You can give me top boxers, Adrien Broner, Mikey Garcia. I would love to get in the ring with them.

Before I got in the UFC, I wrote down on a piece of paper a goal that I was going to make it to the UFC in 2015 and then I'll be the world champion before 2017 so I'm right on track. I pull out that piece of paper all the time and look at it. It's motivation.

Wrestling is the hardest sport in the world, hands down.

In this sport, I believe it's about not being comfortable.