Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Rafael dos Anjos
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Brazilian athlete Rafael dos Anjos.
Last updated on September 16, 2024.
I'm the kind of guy who always pushes really hard.
I don't do fight camps anymore because I live in camp.
I'm a big fan of Georges St-Pierre.
I want to do that. That's my goal. I want to become a legend.
I'm looking to make history.
People treat you one way when you're champion, but when you're not the champion, everything changes. People treat you different.
I always trained hard in my life to win the title, and I will train twice as hard to stay at the top.
I am surrounded by great people.
I just have to go out and fight my fight and fight to win.
When you put the pressure on yourself, it's not good. If you fight afraid to lose, you wind up not fighting that good.
I want to keep active, so when they called me to fight Nate Diaz, I agreed because I wanted to stay active. I got a little surprised because he was out so long, but he's a tough opponent.
Cerrone is a great opponent. The guy won eight fights straight.
Power is natural, but it can be improved with a lot of work. It's been something I've focused on for a couple of years because I saw it as a place where I could make improvements.
If I take two years off, I would want to fight as much as possible.
Ever since I was 10 years old doing jiu-jitsu, I've done well against the tall guys.
The future is out of my hands; it is in God's.
I'm a calm-headed fighter. I do my job.
I've learned that the key is to fight with no pressure.
I was tested against the best.
You have to respect your opponent.
I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
I have to take care of my family, my team, and my legacy.
I think between 2014 and 2015, I made weight five times in 11 months. During that time, I felt my body change. It was able to hold on to more weight. And anybody who makes weight knows that it gets harder and harder to make weight once you've done it that many times.
I beat Diaz, Pettis, Ben Henderson, Cerrone, and I earned it, man. I earned my title.
I'm the former lightweight champion. I want to fight one of the top guys. I don't want to fight a guy who isn't ranked.
It doesn't matter who they put in front of me, I just want people to remember me.
Every fight and every loss taught me something.
I wouldn't be where I am without Evolve.
I'm under contract. Whatever the UFC asks, I have to do because they are my bosses and they treat me very well. I can't complain about that, and it's this, man: When you have a boss, you need to follow orders.
The way I train, the way I spar, I'm out of my comfort zone every single day, and you can see the result in my fights.
I'm confident, motivated.
I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
Everybody likes money. I like money. I need money to survive. But I don't love money. Money is not my god.
I'm the best in the world; thank you, Jesus, for that.
Every night that I put my head on the pillow, I go to sleep knowing that I can do more. I'm working toward perfection. I'm trying to be the best ever.
People say McGregor is tall and all that. He's as tall as I am, or maybe even shorter. He might have a longer reach, but I've fought Nate Diaz and Cerrone, who had reach advantage, and fought Anthony Pettis and Ben Henderson.
I'm always looking for perfection. Even after training and my coaches say I did good, I always think I could have done more.
God makes everything in perfect time, and he doesn't give you anything you can't handle.
Cerrone, he's a very good Muay Thai guy, very long.
I'm always the underdog, and I go in there and win the fights.
It was priceless. Being the UFC champion and having my kids in the Octagon, my wife, them holding the belt. That was like a movie.
Everybody talks. Anthony Pettis talked before the fight. Donald Cerrone talked before the fight. See what happened?
Just to be fighting for the belt, I was already happy. No pressure at all.
It wasn't easy to get here, and it will not be easy to take my title away from me.
If you're out for two years, and you beat one guy with a full-time job, without disrespect, but we're talking about fighting for a world title. You can't just beat a guy that went there to cover some guy that got injured, and then this guy, after two and a half years, gets a title shot.
Nate Diaz is a tough opponent. I've fought him.
I came from the bottom. Now I'm the main event and UFC champion.
Everybody needs money, but I'm a fighter. For what I make, I'm happy with what I make. The money is not everything; it's about honor.
Press conferences aren't the best thing to do, but it's part of the job.
You can promote fights - of course, you have to - you can say 'I'll beat you' or whatever, but you cannot put family, religion, anything like that in the mix. You need to separate things. That is a line a lot of fighters cross.
I still have a lot to do, a lot to improve.
My goal is to always be improving my skills.
I want people to remember me as a guy who works hard.
I think every fight is different based on who is fighting.
A lot of fighters come from Brazil. We've been doing this for long, long years.
I'm going to show the difference between the champ and second place.
A lot of people tell me I have to trash-talk more, but I got here with my fists, fighting, not with my mouth.
When you want the belt, you have to work for it.
I'm an aggressive fighter, but I'm smart. I'm not going to play stupid.
Man, Ben Henderson, Donald Cerrone... these guys are a different level, man.
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