Top 103 Quotes & Sayings by Donald Cerrone

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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Donald Cerrone

Donald Anthony Cerrone, known professionally by his nickname "Cowboy", is an American retired mixed martial artist and former professional kickboxer. He competed in the Lightweight and Welterweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

When I got picked up by the Tapout crew and was featured on their reality show, that really jumpstarted my career.
Milk Duds and Hot Tamales are what I love.
I'm not trying to be anything other than the way I was born and raised. — © Donald Cerrone
I'm not trying to be anything other than the way I was born and raised.
I want the belt. Always.
Wrestling is something I feel really confident in now.
You don't have to get ready if you stay ready, alright? I'm always in the gym, always training, all the time.
I don't take much pride in fake fighting.
People get all caught up thinking they have to train a certain way or take a certain approach to things, but there's so much more to this than fitting into what other people think you are supposed to do. You have to have fun and enjoy what you are doing; otherwise, what is it all worth?
For a while, I drank the juice - I did things the way everybody else said to. I listened to their advice. But it didn't work.
I tend to worry about now, now, and I'll worry about then, then.
Fighting in the UFC means that I'm at the top of the sport, and it means that I'm able to pursue my goal of being a champion in the UFC.
To be honest I quit taking training and fighting so seriously and went back to living my life and having fun. I try to teach that to all the guys who come out here to train and live with me.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to be the best, but I would just fight anyone, any time. I don't care.
I've got to control my emotions. When I fight out of emotions, it doesn't end up so well. — © Donald Cerrone
I've got to control my emotions. When I fight out of emotions, it doesn't end up so well.
It's kind of stupid that people think I'm just partying all the time.
You see all the movies where people say, 'Don't fight out of anger'? They say that for a reason.
I don't care where I fight on the card, but to get people motivated or excited, like, 'Cowboy's fighting!' that's my overall goal.
Everyone at home sitting on their couches, they think it's so easy to fight. Stepping inside that cage is probably the hardest thing in the world to do. I truly believe that.
I remember being a kid and saying, 'One day, I'm going to have a ranch. One day, one day, one day.' And now, I'm fighting in the UFC. I'm here making the money, and that one day is here. I can finally go get those things that I want.
The young guys keep me motivated. Youngsters coming up behind me.
People ask me, 'Why don't you take time off?' but the working class doesn't take time off. They're out there working every day. That's what I do, too. I want them to know there is hope, and I'm out there just like they are.
I've never pulled out of a fight, never not showed up to fight, so injured or not, I'm coming.
I signed a contract to fight at UFC 187, so I'm going to fight at UFC 187, whoever it is against. It's the same thing.
I want all of the blue collar American working class people to know that I'm out there fighting for them.
I'm a guy who likes to keep fighting five, six times a year, so if I ask for too much money, they might say, 'Well, we pay you too much. We can't let you keep jumping backwards and forwards and promote it.' The money I'm making is good to keep grabbing short-notice fights. I love them; they're my favorite ones.
The only thing I can do is fight. Win or lose, I'm here every damn time.
I didn't really have intentions of fighting in MMA; it just kind of fell into place. Once I started fighting, though, I loved it, and I walked away from kickboxing right away.
They need to enforce how and who to give guns to. But there are Americans like me who are responsible, and they shouldn't take that away. If they outlaw guns, they won't take mine.
I want to be a professional wakeboarder.
I just fell in love with the cowboy way of life.
Sometimes you just don't show up, and in our profession, it's a bad day.
Who am I to say CM Punk is a joke?
I don't even know who Michael Chandler is.
A great fight that I'd love is B.J. Penn. That would be so awesome. He's a veteran of the sport. He's fought everywhere.
I am never more or less motivated for a fight - it's always the same.
I train every day and do what I love.
My time with the WEC was great for me; it was great to be able to get big-show experience, headline fight-cards, and fight for world titles.
I made it this far eating fruit roll-ups and having soda pop and having fun. I feel like I tried changing that to do like everyone says I should, and I just feel better being me.
I own everything. I own my RV, my house, my trucks, my boat. Everything is paid for. — © Donald Cerrone
I own everything. I own my RV, my house, my trucks, my boat. Everything is paid for.
For me, fighting is just so fun; I love it. It's just what I enjoy doing, and for me to go out there and go wake boarding and go rock climbing and then turn around and go fight, how awesome is that?
Why not drive a snowmobile? I own an Artic Cat. We bought them because we enjoy doing things like that. I enjoy doing fun things, and that's definitely one of the things.
I took up scuba diving, and my next big thing is BASE jumping.
Standing there and throwing, that's what everyone likes to see.
I live a wild and crazy life.
I'll go to 185 pounds; who cares? Just give me fights.
I eat a lot of candy. I can't survive without candy.
I love fighting as much as I can and as often as possible.
I just love to be out on the lake, wakeboard, surfing, just playing, man.
The UFC has been very good to me, man. — © Donald Cerrone
The UFC has been very good to me, man.
They aren't going to take my guns. I have 44 guns, and they aren't going to take my guns.
As soon as I get it, I spend it. I need to start saving it.
Fighting's not me - it's just something that I do.
There is nothing more I love more than being in a throw-down on a Saturday night.
If you're in the UFC, you're one of the baddest dudes around.
It's hard to have money in the bank and want something and then not get it.
If you want to be the best, you've got to beat the best. The only problem is when I get that belt, who's going to be left to fight? That's what I want to know.
When I fought Benson Henderson for the first time, or Jamie Varner, it was always like, 'Oh man... I'm in here fighting these guys. Do I really belong here?' That's all changed now.
I wish I had millions in the bank; I'd never go broke. Let's get that belt and get millions in the bank.
Jose Aldo, he's a stud, and I would be honored to be in there to throw down with him.
Aw man, I spend it pretty much as fast as I make it. If I want something, I don't wait around and plan or nothing. I just go out and get it.
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