Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Max Holloway

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Max Holloway.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Jerome Max Keli'i Holloway is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2010, Holloway became the UFC Featherweight Champion when he defeated José Aldo on June 3, 2017, before defending the title three times. As of March 29, 2021, he is #1 in UFC featherweight rankings and as of July 11, 2022 he is #10 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.

American - Athlete | Born: December 4, 1991

Source: Wikipedia

When I was finishing guys, the media was on me like crazy.

Max Holloway

MMA is forever evolving.

Max Holloway

I ain't trying to run away from no danger. If it's supposed to be dangerous for me, then I'm going to go and take a peek. I want to go and look and see what's so dangerous about it.

Max Holloway

People keep saying Aldo deserves this, he deserves that - how the hell do you deserve something when you pulled out of all these events?

Max Holloway

I'll do what I like. It's my own life.

Max Holloway

If you want to be the best, you've got the beat the best, and the best is 'Blessed,' baby.

Max Holloway

I don't take that away from Conor, that he beat Chad Mendes on short notice. Chad took that fight knowing he had a chance to beat Conor, so that's Chad's fault he took that fight.

Max Holloway

I want to be a champion. I want to be a long-reigning featherweight champion. I want to be known in the history books: my name everywhere as a champion. And then, later on in my career, when I start getting good, then I can start doing the exhibition matches for money and stuff.

Max Holloway

I don't want money fights. I want to get paid, and like I said, I want to defend my throne.

Max Holloway

Too many cry babies in this game.

Max Holloway

The UFC has a mind of its own. Whatever they want to do, I'm down for.

Max Holloway

It's what kings do. If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.

Max Holloway

Every time I go in, me and my time, we're 0-0, and we're looking to become 1-0.

Max Holloway

I'm just asking for a fair shake. You see a lot of these guys, a lot of these other champions making what they're making. I'm not trying to take anything away from them, but I feel like I'm one of the more exciting fighters under contract in the UFC.

Max Holloway

I'm not racing through my division - I'm cleaning it out.

Max Holloway

You've got to believe in your damn self and do the damn thing, so I'm a big believer in self-belief, man, and going out there and working hard and sacrificing.

Max Holloway

I'm here in the present, and I want to make sure I don't stumble on my own feet.

Max Holloway

I believe in my training camp. I believe in my coaches. I believe in what I do. I believe in the work I put in.

Max Holloway

I ain't going to chase someone around. I ain't going to talk about someone that ain't talking about me.

Max Holloway

I think the UFC does a pretty good job of backing me.

Max Holloway

I grew up in front of everyone's eyes in the UFC.

Max Holloway

Everyone knows who the money fight is, and everyone is begging for it. But at the end of the day, Conor's going to fight who he wants to fight.

Max Holloway

I'm not a talker. I'm a doer.

Max Holloway

At the end of the day, I'm the king. I'm in my throne, you know? If you want to come see me, come see me.

Max Holloway

I'm working hard. I'm putting in the hard work. I'm sacrificing. I ain't asking for no handouts. I'm going to earn everything I'm given.

Max Holloway

Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

Max Holloway

I want McGregor-Holloway 2.

Max Holloway

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: If I didn't fight you, get ready. Get ready, because I'm coming.

Max Holloway

Anybody and everybody's going to get it. I'm not racing through my division. I'm cleaning it out. So if you want two L's, you're going to get two L's, and if you're looking for one, come fight 'Blessed.'

Max Holloway

Everyone wants drama. Everyone is living for drama.

Max Holloway

When a bully pulls your hair, you punch him in the face.

Max Holloway

There's ways to get the right nutrients and eat the food you want and have it taste great.

Max Holloway

If I want to fight for a 155-pound title - if I hold the 145-pound title - give me the fight.

Max Holloway

Don't be scared to look for help. Depression is real... It's crazy, and all these guys, us athletes, that keep thinking we're superheroes. I like to think I'm a superhero, but superheroes got to fight their demons, too, sometimes.

Max Holloway

Who in their right mind goes into a fight they think they're going to lose?

Max Holloway

I want to defend my throne. All my fans know. They love me. I want to defend this; I want to be a champ and keep defending. Come try to take over my village.

Max Holloway

I'm a true believer in, people only remember you for your last fight.

Max Holloway

That's all I ask the UFC to do: keep me active.

Max Holloway

It's hard to go out there and protect something that you earned.

Max Holloway

I'm not going to change me just for some extra money.

Max Holloway

If you want to fight the best, you come fight Blessed.

Max Holloway

You either grow with this sport, or you get left behind. It's sad, but it is what it is. You gotta keep up with this sport.

Max Holloway

I don't believe in guys waiting for title shots.

Max Holloway

Life changes on a dime, so live life to the fullest.

Max Holloway

When I speak, I speak facts, and if you're getting mad, it's because you know it's the truth.

Max Holloway

You got to keep your feet on the ground, and it is what it is.

Max Holloway

Depression is real, and that really hit me hard. I was going through a phase where I wasn't talking to no one. Only my son. Me and my son would do stuff, but I was talking to no one.

Max Holloway

People always say, 'I want to be the best fighter in the world.' That's why I respect Conor. He said he wants to be the best fighter in the world, and he's trying to prove it.

Max Holloway

It's super easy to do what Conor does. He earned something. Then, he looks over the fence - he looks for something new - and it's very easy to be motivated for something new.

Max Holloway