Top 105 Quotes & Sayings by Jose Aldo

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Brazilian athlete Jose Aldo.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

José Aldo da Silva Oliveira Júnior, commonly anglicized as Jose Aldo, is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in the Bantamweight division. He also competed at Featherweight, and was the fourth and final WEC Featherweight Champion. He became the first UFC Featherweight Champion following the UFC/WEC merger. Aldo is widely considered as one the best mixed martial artists of all-time, and as the greatest featherweight ever. As of 6 December 2021, he is ranked #3 in the UFC bantamweight rankings.

Brazilian - Athlete | Born: September 9, 1986

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McGregor was never a champion of anything. He defeated the champion and left.

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We win, lose, but learn in the defeat.

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My objective since I started my career was: become the champion, remain the champion, retire the champion.

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I fight for everybody, national and international, no matter where they are. I want to help those athletes. Not only those in the UFC - those that are in the big league and can have a better future - but those in the small promotions and need our help.

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Something I always liked to train is kickboxing.

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If I say one thing to the UFC, I say it in an interview. I don't have conflicting stories.

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I dream of being champion and dream going out as champion. That's my biggest motivation.

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Portuguese is the language of my heart; it's the language of my feelings. It's the language that I feel I can express myself best in.

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Even parrots talk. I don't care about what they say.

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If a fighter thinks he knows everything and stops trying to evolve, he's lost.

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When I started, athletes fought for honor, respect, philosophy.

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I've considered going to lightweight. As soon as my trainer decides that I can go up, then I will.

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We need to know how to handle the criticism.

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I fight for my fans. I love putting on a good show for them, and I feel that they enjoy a good stand-up game.

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We always train with heavier sparring partners to make it harder so the fight will be easier.

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McGregor has a good punch, but he cannot say that he's the biggest puncher. MMA gloves are tiny - four ounces - so when they connect, they drop you.

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The best is that one that beats everybody. I don't care about the rankings.

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Every fighter seeks evolution.

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We always try give the best of us in training to go in the cage and have a good performance, thus giving millions for the company. We also want to have part of these millions.

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Some people win 10, 15, and don't fight for the belt.

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Yes, I think about having a career in boxing, but I want to start from the bottom, start from zero. I want to get ranked and one day fight for a belt. I don't want to fight just to fight, for money, to go after big fights and challenge a great champion.

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I've competed for so many years that I can go in there and have fun and do what I love, which is fight and compete.

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If you lose, no one will remember you, but if you're the champion, they will always remember you.

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Nobody gave me anything. I conquered everything. And I gave them a lot more than they gave me back.

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When I'm inside the cage, nobody will take anything away from me.

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I think Americans are really patriotic people, so patriotism is something they can understand. I'm very patriotic about Brazil, my country, and that includes my language.

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Thank God the UFC and MMA gave me a lot of stuff.

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McGregor has no respect for the sport, for the person. That's it. He's not good for the sport.

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A champion doesn't choose opponents or where the fight is going to be.

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I'm always watching every featherweight that fights in the UFC because we can eventually fight in the future.

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Not just me but everybody in the WEC was dreaming of fighting in the UFC and become a champ. Thank God I went there and became a champion. I root for the WEC guys. I do.

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Everybody knows if you have the rules, you need to follow the rules and do exactly what you need to do.

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We always try the knockout, but it's hard to get it if the opponent always runs away.

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We came from a humble background but with a lot of love, so we were able to overcome that.

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I never fought for money. I had a good career and legacy as featherweight champion.

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I like to stay on my feet and exchange.

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I'm happy that Holloway is the champion. An example, someone who deserved being where he is.

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Rankings mean nothing. You have to talk trash.

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I don't even watch my own fights. If it's not someone from my team or someone I like, I guarantee you that I'll go to the movies with my family instead.

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Talking makes the fight bigger... When the fight is over, everyone goes in opposite sides with money in the pocket. You have to talk trash because that brings money.

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I clear my mind; I don't think about the pressure before a fight. I focus on going in the cage and being successful while doing my job.

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Chael Sonnen inspired everybody. You go there and call someone out, and you get the fight.

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When I first fought in the U.S., the size of the crowd was something I was not used to seeing, but you get used to it.

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Everybody fights for money, of course, but I wanted to leave a legacy when I retired, get my name in the history. I don't think like that anymore. When I lost the belt, I saw how reality is. Champion means nothing.

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My father was a bricklayer, and my mother was a housewife. It was complicated, obviously, because of our humble origin, but thank God we were all focused.

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I wanted to train jiu-jitsu instead of capoeira because the mat was soft. It was better than training capoeira on the hard floor. I started reading jiu-jitsu magazines, reading about the world champions, and becoming one of them became my goal.

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I was really close to my father since I was young. He always told me that I had to work in order to become a man, so I had to stay with him when my mother left. He always took me to work to help him as a bricklayer. I was just a kid, so I did what I could do to help him.

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