Top 103 Quotes & Sayings by Josh Barnett - Page 2

I'd always looked at 'TUF' and thought I'd like to do something like that.

I know there's this idea going around that I bury The Young Bucks on commentary but that's never been the case. If anything, I've only treated them harshly as heels. That's it. When they started turning around from being a heel to a face, it's a whole different story. That's simply a matter of how I see commentary as opposed to beef.

I speak for myself, my record speaks for itself, and my ability speaks for itself.

Why antagonize somebody for no reason? Why try to garner attention by doing something negative? Why not do something positive on your own merits, instead of somebody else, whether it's to try to antagonize them or draw their ire, or even to have them help you out.

If you were in the UFC as a heavyweight, you'd be an idiot to not want to fight Brock Lesnar. Whether he's a good fight for you, that doesn't matter.

If you want to be the best jiu-jitsu player in the world, by all means, if you want to spend most of your time doing jiu-jitsu, that absolutely makes sense. But, for one, don't consider just because you may be the best in the world at what you do, that doesn't make what you do the best in the world.

I'm no snitch.

I can act, I can do other things, but once your athletic window is done there's no returning to fighting.

I've worked in Hollywood before.

I always feel very strongly that Bloodsport is going to deliver and going to continue to try and pick up the ante every single time.

Does anybody really survive 'Sharknado,' including the viewer?

The Young Bucks do a good amount of winking at their audience and you can argue whether that's good or bad.

Getting to work with Mauro Ranallo was awesome because he's one of my favorite MMA announcers.

There's more than a few people that I could think of capable of meeting Brock Lesnar in the Bloodsport ring. We don't lack for for capable and wanting fighters.

The thought has crossed my mind to quit even dealing with organized mixed martial arts in general and just fight my own fights, however I feel like.

I've coached a lot of athletes over the years and it's not new to me to work with people and create drilling structure and things for them.

I'm a big proponent of 'What happens in the locker room stays in the locker room.'

There's a lot of indigenous wrestling styles there that used to be a lot more popular and stronger within the European continent. Although, there's still quite a few countries over there that produce pretty spectacular Greco and freestyle wrestlers.

That's why guys in MMA call each other out most of the time. High reward and low risk.

I fought when there was no money from fighting really.

I've done commentary before for Pancrase, they had a show called 'Pancrase: Legends of MMA' that aired on Imagination Television. I've done live commentary for PRIDE, I've been around the block a bit.

I consider myself a pretty wrestling commentator, but only in the sense that I call it like I see it. It's serious business to me, and it's an athletic sport of wrestling, and I treat it as such without putting a big gimmick on it.

Even the wins that I've experienced, I've spent a lot of time reflecting on everything that went into it: where I could've improved, where I did well, what was expected and how that came out, what was unexpected and why did it occur.

The big thing that Sakakibara has going for him besides experience is that he has relationships prior with the paid television stations and that is a massive component to being able to put your product into try and become successful in Japan.

The fact of the matter is, I fight because I have to - because it's a thing that drives me, not because of anything else.

I fought when most of the time we didn't even wear gloves.

Winning is really all that matters.

I'm not an attractive fight for most people. I never have been. I haven't been called out too many times in my career, and there's a good reason for that.

When you think of fighting, you think of the work that you put in at the gym. Well, recovery is part of that work process.

All fights interest me. Punching people in the face and watching them cry for their momma always interests me.

I was awarded a second-degree black belt in jiu-jitsu by Rigan Machado.

Reduction of inflexibility means reduction of injuries. That just means being able to move a lot easier and, you know, not looking like Abe Vigoda when you get out of bed in the morning.

If you're in Bloodsport, it's because I've seen something in you that shows that you can fight.

The people who follow you should have a reason to do that. You shouldn't talk like everyone else. The stars and athletes drive the sports. People tune in to see so and so fight.

Often in fighting, you get dealt certain cards and that's what you have to work with.

When I was five years in, I was the UFC heavyweight champion, and all I could think about was fighting.

I fought when you couldn't even buy MMA gear at your local sports store or whatever. We had to make it ourselves.

I just came to the conclusion that I'm going to fight until I can't, and that's it. I'll know when that is. I'll be honest with myself.

Big Nog and me are two different types of fighters. Nogeuira lived by his chin, he wasn't afraid to take a lot of punishment in order to dish out a whole lot of punishment. Personally, I know I can take a really big shot. I'd rather not.

I've trained women to be catch wrestlers. Shayna Baszler's a catch wrestler, she's clearly not a heavyweight. Megumi Fujii, far from being a heavyweight, and she was a fantastic catch wrestler.

The business changes every day, and you should be willing to change with it. You have to be willing to change with it.

If you're trying to live life, really live it, you should, in my opinion, try to expand all the aspects of your life. Open yourself to new ideas and new things even if you find you don't like them in the end - but at least knowing them has taken you that much further along into being a more experienced, more well-rounded person in this world.

There are those that hate and those that love, it all works out the same.