Top 105 Quotes & Sayings by Luke Rockhold - Page 2

I'm not knocking the other sports; I love other sports. There's a competitive and a technical level of them that I won't understand, probably, to a certain extent, but I've done a lot of other sports competing on college teams, and there's just nothing like fighting.

Being patient has made me a more precise fighter.

An interim title is just a guarantee at a title shot. If I'm going to fight the best guys in the world, I want a guarantee that I'm going to fight for the title.

I used to get beat up by my brothers, and that kind of built me into the man I am.

Bisping will fight to the bitter end but does not love the fighting.

I dictate the pace of my fights and no one else.

I've come back from all my losses and won world titles every time.

The more I stack, the more things I can buy: the more toys, the more houses, and everything. That's the motivation, but I'm also a competitive person. I need goals, and I need that competition and to drive for something.

There's nobody, pound-for-pound, that has what I have.

There's nobody that has the skillset that I have.

Naturally, when you're a younger brother with two older brothers, I mean, they're going to beat on you, and they're going to make you... you're going to grow up differently. You're going to turn into a little animal.

I know how good I am, and I know where I can go if I'm in the right mindset and respecting my opponent.

We've seen the true colours of Bisping; they come out after he fights. He likes to spit on people after fights.

There's no point in fighting guys when there's no structure, there's no rhyme or reason to who gets the title shot.

I want to be great, not good.

I've always been a powerful kid.

I've had to take out a couple of loans; I'm not gonna lie. I want to pay off my debts. I want to start stacking some cash and set myself up for the future.

As long as I don't rush things, I'm a lot better fighter.

I love fighting. I want to fight, but there are principles in this game. You've got to have morals. I'm not just going to fight fights to fight to get nowhere.

Jacare is a gangster. He's been in the game for a long time.

I want my rematch with Vitor Belfort, and I'd like it here in the States. And I'll go through anyone I need to get it, especially Michael Bisping.

It can always be better, and you only live once, and I want to live the dream and some more.

I've got a lot of power in my kicks.

I love the liver kick.

Floyd Mayweather, he's a safe fighter. He is who he is. He's not going to take any risks.

My goal is to keep going out there and defending my belt and stacking up pay cheques to set myself up for the future.

I always look for bigger and better things, and if the UFC wants to bring in some top contenders, I'm more than welcome to welcome them in our hexagon.

I'm very confident on my feet.

Bisping, he's a piece of work. The guy likes to run his mouth. I look forward to shutting it.

I'm going to shut Chris Weidman down in the first round. I'm gonna expose him in the second round. And I'm gonna finish him with a left kick followed by a left punch, simultaneously.

I don't pull out of fights. I fight through injuries. I don't care what the circumstances are.

I know who I am, and I know what my future holds.

Cain has proven himself as the best heavyweight of all time, and it would be hard to strip him.

I don't think I really have the respect that I think I deserve.

I've got a lot of natural talent, and I'm not wasting it.

I'm not going to go fight the best guys in the world without getting championship fights or championship money; it makes no sense.

I want to fight all the toughest guys in the world. I'm not trying to duck anybody or scared of anybody. I want to fight everybody.

The people around me is the only reason why I survive: Bob Cook and DeWayne Zinkin.

I cut out the partying a lot. I haven't had any money to party. All I've been able to do is train and work on what I need.

Martial arts has just made me a better person. It's a way of life.

I'm not here to be good. I'm here to be great.

Don't focus on the outcome, when you focus on the outcome it creates anxiety and it builds. I just need to enjoy the moment and let it be. If I just fight I know I'm going to go out there and perform and do it my best. Don't focus on winning or losing.

You live once... Why not live to be great?

Martial arts has been a way of life for me since I was a young kid. It created a discipline and respect for everything. Martial arts has just made me a better person. It's a way of life.

I just need to enjoy the moment... I just fight I know I'm going to go out there and perform my best.