Top 108 Quotes & Sayings by Quinton Jackson - Page 2

I started kinda late with wrestling in high school, and I wasn't doing so well - I lost my first five matches in a row, and my little brother said 'wear this chain for good luck... ' and told me it might intimidate some of my opponents. Sure enough, when I wore the chain I went all the way to the regional finals.

If you know anything about the Bible, anything about Christianity, being a Christian is all about fighting. We got to fight every day.

I think the fighters, we deserve certain respect, because we put our bodies and health on the line to entertain people.

I never want to be in the UFC Hall of Fame.

I love Rampage fans. I don't love all MMA fans, but I love Rampage fans. And I really want my fans to know that. I think my fans know when they come in contact with me.

If promoters figure out a way to keep the fighters happy then those fighters will tell other fighters and that promotion will win.

I'd like to fight Bisping because of some personal stuff.

A lot of fighters are cocky.

Quinton and Rampage are not the same person. Quinton is kind of scruffy. The Rampage is the toughest dude you'll ever want to meet.

Back in elementary I used to tell all the girls I was related to Michael Jackson. But as I got older I think it worked for me less and less.

A lot of times you do interviews and people twist your words. TMZ said something like I hate my male fans. I never said that, I said I wish I had more female fans, never said I hate male fans.

I talk trash, but the thing is, I talk trash about people I'm actually going to fight, who are actually in my weight class.

When you're in the public eye and do interviews, your words get twisted and people put you in a negative light.

The UFC's a great company; they're doing great things for the sport. I just don't feel like they're doing great things for me.

I was the last PRIDE champion.

I honestly think God made me just for this job. And I bet every time I fight, he's there watching it and getting entertained as well.

I've got much respect for everybody but Bisping.

A lot of top fighters, what do they do after they retire from fighting? They're real popular. Like Tito Ortiz. They've got so much momentum, they're so popular and then they fall off the face of the Earth. They should take acting lessons. They should keep their fans.

I'm not a pro wrestler. I don't have what I'm supposed to say written for me.

Take Wanderlei Silva, everybody knows we don't like each other, but if he's fighting I'm going to watch because he's a very exciting fighter. I'm a Wanderlei Silva fan, but Sonnen, I don't know why people watch him. They probably watch him to hear his interview after his fight.

I noticed when I started wrestling that I was a defensive wrestler and that people make mistakes.

I used to want to be a pro wrestler first, a stuntman if I couldn't do that, and a fireman to fall back on. The guy who used to live across the street from me was the fire chief, so he was going to help me out if I didn't succeed at the other things.

When I used to fight in Japan, I was popular there and people asked me for pictures and it was nice, and when I came home no one knew who I was. That was the perfect life.

I'm not a Chael Sonnen fan.

I come from the PRIDE generation, where it's entertainment first.

I like to see my hand raised at the end of the night. I like when the ref raises my hand. That's why I shave my armpits like the professionals wrestlers. I like to see my arm raised.

I don't care, I'll fight a guy bigger than me.

I try to knock people out and try to make an exciting fight.

A person like Roy Nelson, a lot of people can relate to him. A lot of Americans look like him, especially where I come from in the South.

If the fans want to enjoy watching me fight, enjoy me with my love for fighting, it's fine. But if they don't, it don't cross my mind. If the fans still love me, I can put on good shows for them.

Fighters are my comrades. There are a lot of them with great personalities, they're great fighters, and they should be lifted up a little bit more. I just wish MMA would do that.

I know why I lose fights. If you don't know why you lost a fight or won a fight, you shouldn't be fighting. I know when I do right when I win, and I know what I do wrong when I lose.

Not many fighters respect Chael Sonnen because he's in the wrong sport. He should be in pro-wrestling with a mouth like that.

I do MMA, but I feel like a pro wrestler at heart. That's why I fight the way I fight in MMA. That's why I slam people and stuff around.

No matter how much money you make, you still have to look in the mirror.

You can tell when people don't like you. Especially being a black man born and raised in the South in America, you can tell when people don't like you. It's just a skill that you get.

I want to avoid every punch you throw at me, but I'm not scared to get hit. But I'm not just going to let everybody hit me.

In Bellator, they don't attack you for your sponsors. They get you sponsors. They don't get mad at you for doing movies. They get you movies.

I fought some guy who looked like Steven Seagal, some aikido guy or something. The fight's not even on my record, I don't remember his name. My dad was there at the fight and he said he blinked and he missed the fight, so I think I finished him fast or something. I forgot all about that fight.

I love fighting, I love the sport, I love that feeling when you win or knock someone out.

I'd rather fight Arona cause I don't know him and he's in the ******* video game and I'm not.

The last thing I think about is losing and pressure... I just go and do it.

The most creative or versatile to date...I don't know, man. That's a good question. I didn't really think about that.

If you're going to let pressure stop you from fulfilling your dreams, you're robbing yourself.

At the end of the day, I'm a human being.

There's nothing wrong with fighting for the right things.

Have you ever had your ass whooped on by a black man before? It hurts!

You can't let haters stop you.