Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Joseph Benavidez

Not having to compensate for always being at a size disadvantage allows me to unleash all of my skills.

I remember this one time I had a dream about me writing a screenplay, and when I woke up, you know those dreams that feel so real, but I woke up and I was like, 'Oh my god I have this amazing screenplay I need to write down as soon as I wake up' and then I woke up and I was like what the heck was I dreaming of?

When I say I wasn't a 'meant to be' guy, I've almost been jaded in the sport, where I don't believe in anything.

I always want to prove that I've improved.

I think I could have asked for a title shot after I beat Ian McCall.

I never compromised my integrity by playing a character. I didn't tweet anybody something crazy. I was just myself, kept winning and stayed ready. I didn't sell my soul.

I hate when people come out after a fight and they talk about injuries.

Dominick Cruz is a great opponent, he has an amazing style.

I bought a house after the Loveland fight. I wanted something grown up like an elephant or some flowers to put on the mantel. I decided I need a UFC belt.

Being the first flyweight champion would be history. I'd be immortal. No matter what I do, that's always there.

That's why we're here: to leave a legacy that'll be remembered long after we're done. And what a great start to my legacy, man, being the first UFC flyweight champion.

I think there's no one out there more deserving of a title shot than me.

I want to fight the best guy. I don't want there to be any question that I beat the next best guy in the division.

You want to be respected by your bosses and peers.

I'm never not motivated to train.

Our first job is to go out there and fight - not to do backflips or have a mustache.

I believe in my skill 100 percent, that I can go out there and beat Demetrious Johnson and give him the best fight there is.

That's what Dominick Cruz does. He wins decisions and he has that down to a science. He's great at it.

I'm in a small percentage of people that get to do what they love to do for a living. I'm lucky.

Persevering is a fight. That's what a fight is. You face something, you persevere through it, you meet it head on.

The thing is, it's really hard to be the No. 1 absolute best in the world at something, no matter what you're doing.

For me, I've been a part of a super-team in Team Alpha Male for so much of my career.

My wife... so grateful for that. Nothing can be bad - going home and having someone making you feel like the best every day.

Life is crazy. It goes in directions that you could never guess.

Taking punches to the face at six in the morning, it's funny to hear that but, like, I'm grateful that I'm capable to do that.

When you go in there and fight, you pretty much relinquish and give up the right to make any excuses about something.

My goal is to be UFC champion, and my eyes are on that prize.

One person I lost to at 135 was the champion at the time, Dominick Cruz.

I want to fight as much as I can.

Fans are going to give you crap no matter what sexual orientation you are.

I'm just looking for matches that make sense.

I'm so passionate and love the craft of movies and watch them over and over.

Everyone wants respect from your peers and from fans. No better way to do it than beat Miguel Torres.

I want to prove I'm a great, exciting fighter.

And that's what I want to do, fight the best guys, the toughest guys to prove I am the best.

People do that all the time - they switch teams, switch coaches, switch camps.

My dream has always been to be a UFC champion. It wasn't to be a main event fighter.

You never want to get injured, of course. That's just not what you do, but in the scheme of things 12 years of professional fighting and having to sit out nine, ten months for an injury is not that bad.

Anytime I can take a fight, I feel good doing it.

Once you stop having fun doing it, you start to lose a lot of focus and a lot of motivation. Where, when you love what you do you and feel lucky every day and excited, it helps every little aspect of fighting.

We have physical therapy there now so any fighter with an injury in the UFC can come to Vegas and get treatment every day.

I was sitting in the nosebleeds eating hot dogs and watching Georges St. Pierre win the world title from Matt Hughes. Like never in my wildest dreams if someone would have tapped me on the shoulder and said, 'Hey, seven years from now you're going to be down there doing the same thing' would I have believed them.

I've trained different places with different people my whole career. I'm going to continue to do so. It's always been a journey.

I love crying. I pick movies to go see with the intention of crying.

I knew I had to just keep believing, never lose sight of my purpose. As a fighter, you need to be delusional in a way. It keeps you going.

When the UFC announced that 125 tournament, I remember thinking, 'Finally, this is my spot.'

I think I can beat anyone in the world. That's what I train for. It's just a test of skills for me.

Cruces is like my town, where I grew up, where my heart is... All the teachers and coaches and people who have really influenced my life are from there.

My three most impressive fights have been against black belts in jiu-jitsu.

You're always going to want to beat a person that beat you, just to prove you're better.

I like to say I eat black belts for breakfast. They're just great match-ups for me.

Personally I think there is nothing like that in-fight experience.

Some people, honestly, as simple as it sounds, aren't going to log in and put in all their information to get a fight on Fight Pass. I mean, they're just not going to do it.

The people need to know about guys like John Moraga.

I was rocking everyone at 135 and putting them down.

Everything happens just like it's supposed to happen; you've just got to roll with it and keep moving forward.

It makes you not believe in anything, when you do every single thing you can do right, and then there's still some way to mess it up.

I've gone through a lot to get here. I'm doing my job. And that No. 1 ranking next to my name says I'm doing my job better than a good percentage of everyone else.

I have watched 'Wolf of Wall Street' like eight times.

Actually, when I don't have a fight I'm training the hardest because I'm not worried about getting hurt.