Top 104 Quotes & Sayings by Rory MacDonald

It was tough being alone and not having parents around when I was going through high school in terms of staying disciplined, but I adjusted, and stayed focused.

I love jiu-jitsu.

I know what kind of fighter I am, and I want to compete against the best.

I'm going to live in the woods one day. Hunt, be weird, not have to listen to people call me a psycho all the time.

I like plenty of different music.

I believe in friendship.

My name is a form of an Irish/Gaelic name that means 'Red King.'

I still and will always have a passion for martial arts and do not believe, as a Christian, that it's wrong for myself to compete in a professional sport that is violent.

As I walk in faith every day, God just keeps doing amazing things one after the other. And will continue to do so.

I enjoy martial arts. I love to compete, I love to be at the top. I mean that's why I started in this... I want to let people known what the Lord blessed me with. He changed my circumstances and brought it to an amazing place. And continues to do so.

Che Mills is a great fighter, and a worthy opponent. Just because he hasn't been seen in front of the camera that many times doesn't mean he's not dangerous or a great martial artist.

The Lord has given me peace and freedom from the pain that haunted me in my heart from my younger years. I would only satisfy myself for a short period of time from winning fights until the feeling would resonate in me again.

I've evolved so much, added so many tools to my game. I feel like I've put so many things in my game that I can be aggressive but technical at the same time.

For a long time, life was fighting and there was nothing outside of that. At one point, it started to become very empty just because there was a void somewhere in my heart.

Everything I do, it sticks. I move on to a different hobby, but I don't forget about them. I don't drop anything.

I'm fighting the best guys in the world... I would be a fool to think I wouldn't leave with a little blood and a few scrapes here and there. You've gotta learn how to like that stuff.

A lot of people think it's better to go into berserker mode, but it's not actually. I'm a pretty exciting fighter without going into berserker mode.

After the Jon Fitch fight, about being confused, the Lord's really given me clarity and shined a light on where he wants me to go, how I could answer the calling he's given me.

God really changed my life from where I was at where I first met my wife.

I just want to hone in on how I like to fight rather than just keep exploring new styles and new martial arts.

When I'm at the gym, I work very hard to achieve my goal and to get better as a mixed martial artist.

I'm a competitive guy. So when push comes to shove when I'm in the cage, I always push to my limits to get the victory because that's who I am.

I never train with wraps. I've always found that they kind of cut off blood flow when you're grappling as well, because you're flexing your forearms and grips and things. It's just something I decided wasn't for me anymore.

My career as a 20-year-old, there were ups and downs and things I'm really happy with but there are a lot of things I have regrets about.

Canada will always be my home.

One day I changed my cell phone number, but the guy at the UFC in charge of the music didn't know. So he was texting that fan who had my old number, thinking it was me. The fan was selecting my music.

Montreal is not what I'm used to. I'm used to big mountains and the outdoors. I'm not much of a city guy.

I'm not big into drama.

I fight for myself, not for someone else's opinion.

I'm a Christian, I'm a servant of God first. Not a fighter anymore, first. I also have a family so that comes before fighting. Fighting, it's my sport that I'm passionate about, it's a career, it's how I provide for my family. But it's not what defines who I am.

I'm a rough guy and I like it when fights get tough.

I think Bellator gets it, they want to build a character around each and every guy on the roster. They want to build up the names and let people see the real sides of them and they can build that up.

I stick to my principles.

I don't like going to decision.

I always enjoy longer fights.

I don't consider myself a fighter first any more like I used to,' he explained. 'I was all fight, all fight. And then I met my wife and basically shortly after I was going to church, things like that. Before you know it I was baptized. I accepted Christ as my lord and saviour. And things really changed.

Some guys train more, some guys train less; everyone needs to cater to what works best for them.

I feel like - and I think the UFC feels it as well - that I put on good shows every time I fight. The fans have responded well to when I fight - they seem to enjoy it - and that's what I strive to do.

I love fighting different styles and overcoming obstacles.

I have a passion for martial arts and it's a part of my life.

The Lord has blessed me the skills to fight and be an example of how God has transformed my life for the good.

I'd like to go back to Israel.

For PFL, I get to know my schedule ahead of time. With Bellator, I didn't. They kind of sprung it on me, and they pressured me into taking fights early and things like that.

I think I'd like to prove to people that my skills can carry me through even against bigger skilled guys.

I don't enjoy going into a fight and then having regrets afterwards.

I can't just keep fooling around every other fight. Have a few good fights and then get unfocused again and have a couple bad fights. I really have to stay the course and stay focused.

You know what? Life's not about money.

Instead of a legacy as a fighter, I want to leave a mark in the sport about the good news of Jesus Christ.

I think it's completely unnecessary why people want to know why I dress in a suit at a press conference if I'm at a fight. They should ask questions about my fight, not my suit.

Look back at my career - I was 19 or 20 years old when I started fighting those guys. As soon as I got into the UFC I was willing to take on the number one guys. I fought Carlos Condit in my second appearance in the UFC.

I don't really care if people talk, I just want them to watch my fights. I'm really not in this for press or a popularity contest, I'm just here to fight.

Anywhere I go, anywhere I fight it doesn't matter who's watching or whatever, it's me fighting and there's one guy in the cage you know, that I have to worry about and that's it.

I want to overcome obstacles and test myself and find out who I really am.

I like knees to the head on the ground, kicks to the head on the ground, headbutts. I think those are all really good tools for human body weapons. I think those are important.

The more people that are interested in the technical side of things in the actual fight are better for the sport, in my opinion.

Being a Christian should be about telling the good things, sharing the good news that the Lord can change us for the better. I want to be an agent for that.

If you look back at my fights, if you pick three or four fights in a row, it's possible if you watch my style I'm fighting a different type of style every single fight.

I'm not here to try and impress anyone or make anyone mad, I'm just going in there and doing what I love, and hopefully people can appreciate what I'm there for, and I'm not trying to be Hollywood star or a Hollywood personality or something.

I've been doing jiu-jitsu since I was 14 years old. It actually was the martial art that was really stapled in my mind that said, this is what I want to do... I want to do martial arts for the rest of my life.

MMA is my true talent and what I excel at the most.