Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American mixed martial artist Quinton Jackson.
Last updated on September 12, 2024.
Quinton Ramone "Rampage" Jackson is an American mixed martial artist, actor and former professional wrestler, who most recently fought in the Bellator MMA. He is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and unified the Pride Middleweight Championship belt. Due to his eccentric personality and aggressive fighting style, Jackson became a star in Japan during his tenure with Pride FC and following his move to the UFC, he helped pioneer MMA's growth into a worldwide sport.
I don't want to have to go out there and fight and be laying on my back the whole fight and have like a boring fight and the fans booing and stuff. I don't know why promoters love fights like that. I don't understand it.
UFC took the love of MMA out me.
You don't want fans to walk away saying, 'Man, that main event sucked.'
Even though we don't speak the same language, we're friends. I still make him laugh. You know it's hard to make Fedor laugh, he don't change his facial expressions at all. I don't even know if he understands what I be saying, but when he gets around me, he be smiling.
You can't fight forever.
I don't want to look like all the other fighters. I've been proud to not be or act or look like any other fighters.
I do want some abs. I miss my abs, man.
Me, I want the 'W,' but I want to do it excitingly.
My kids are from Japan. My kids grandparents are from there, and they never really watched me fight back in the day.
Just to be honest, I think Pride had their match-makers make exciting fights.
You sign a contract for a reason. You're bound by law to do what you say you're going to do.
The thing about Rampage is, Rampage always comes to excite the fans. I love the fans.
If you really step back and think about it, I made 'Rampage' one of the most marketable guys in MMA.
To be honest, my experience in this movie industry hasn't always been good.
I don't really like to watch myself on TV.
For $10 million, I'll fight my mama.
I have this creative mind where I can create a lot of different things, but a lot of people never really gave me the chance and opportunity to do that because when they see me, they just see this dumb fighter that fights in the cage and howls like a wolf and knocks people out.
Honestly, if I gave my thoughts on the match-making in the UFC, Joe Silva probably wouldn't even talk to me anymore, so I'm going to keep quiet on that.
I always have problems. I try to keep them on the down-low.
I wouldn't mind going back to Japan and fight. That's what my heart really wants to do.
Ketchup tastes good on steak. French fries. Steak and french fries - ketchup. Don't get me started.
I would have to honestly say that my biggest regret is even starting this sport. I think I would've lived a different life if I would've stayed home in Memphis and worked at the family business. I'd be closer to my family and growing old with them instead of living out at California.
If you're a fan of a fighter, as soon as they lose, don't jump ship. That's when a fighter needs their fans the most.
I've fought a couple different places in the world. I love America, I'm American, but I have to say that American fans are the worst. I have to say it. They can get mad at me. I said it, and it's something they can work on.
Fans turn on me whenever I lose a fight.
MMA was built on exciting fighters where people try to end each other.
I like to stand and bang with people. If they mess up, I'm gonna slam them.
I would never sign a deal where I had to fight Fedor unless I was being paid like $10 million.
Fedor is my favorite fighter of all time. Fedor is my favorite fighter, so that would be an awkward matchup if i had to fight him, fighting your favorite fighter of all-time.
I like to be private. In my job, it's just hard to be private.
I like it over in Bellator. I like the energy. I like it.
If a fan is cool, I'm cool with him. A fan could turn into a friend. But some people act super weird, and they make it uncomfortable for you.
I'm a true fighter. I'll fight anybody.
I'm sick of fighting all these damn wrestlers.
I've always been a defensive wrestler, but when I go in there in the fights, I get so caught up in trying to knock people's heads off that wrestling goes out the window when you're throwing punches and kicks and stuff.
If I'm the promoter and I've got a fighter named 'Rampage' who likes to slam people and knock them out, the last thing I would do is put him in a fight with someone who's good at holding people down.
I was delirious, and I turned to the Bible, and in my mind, I thought I was a god. I thought, you know, I'm son of God, so my father's God, so I'm a god, too.
I want to put on some exciting fights.
I know why I lost my fight to Ryan Bader. Because I was injured. I needed surgery but I didn't want to back out because I was fighting in Japan.
I don't take business personal most of the time.
When the smoke clears and the money and opportunities lessen, so do the people around you who you think might have your best interests in mind.
Victory means I knocked someone out, that I got paid, and that I'll be able to get it to my kids.
When the going gets tough, the leeches are nowhere to be found, but the real people - the real friends - are with you through thick and thin.
I like to figure out the fight like a puzzle when I'm in the fight.
I'm more than just a fighter, I'm an entertainer, I like to entertain people.
In America, you've got a lot of fair-weather fans, who be cheering for you hard and as soon as you lose a fight, you're a bum and then they come at you on social media and they give you a lot of slack.
Fedor is one of the most gentlest giants you ever want to meet. I've got the utmost respect for him.
I remember back in the days when Pride was the biggest show, but the UFC has surpassed them.
Not only do I not hate gay people, I actually accept them for who and what they are. They always seem happy and most of them I met are very kind and nice individuals. Yes, and like most straight guys I joke around with the whole gay thing and I see it as comedy, not saying that's right or wrong but I don't do it out of hate.
I don't want to have to wear the same outfit that the other fighters wear. I don't want to blend in.
Acting is kind of gay. It makes you soft. You got all these people combing your hair and putting a coat over your shoulders when you're cold. I don't want a coat over my shoulders!
If you can't honor your contract, that's the type of company I don't really want to be associated with.
I need to be a promoter, man. I need to start a promotion. If I was a promoter, man, I would be the best matchmaker. I would be putting on the most exciting fights.
I remember when I fought Kevin Randleman, I was so wary about him taking me down, I figured it if he takes me down, was going to be so hard for me to get back up because he's just so good at ground and pound and keeping you on your back and it takes so much energy to get back up.
Vancouver strikes me as a San Francisco-kind of place.
I'm kind of lazy.
I don't really want to fight the real big boys, because I noticed that I tried to pick Ishii up at the end of the fight, I was trying to go for a slam and I was like, 'This dude is too big.'
I was supposed to do 'Transporter 2,' 'Wolverine.' But I couldn't do it because UFC was in the way.
If I do a reality show, it'll have to be a real reality show. I can't do a scripted reality show.
I lost my fight to Jon Jones because Jon Jones is a better fighter.