Top 118 Quotes & Sayings by Tito Ortiz
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Last updated on December 23, 2024.
I put my heart, soul, and body into this sport.
Scott Coker, I've known him such a long time, he's always been a straight shooter. He's always been very, very respectful towards me. He understands the business. He understands marketing and how to push the fighters to make them superstars in a household environment.
I'm really articulate when I do my thing - when I speak on the mic, when I do interviews. I'm a colorful personality.
I've been through hell not totally unscathed, but I came out not too bad.
The UFC makes about 99 percent of the money, and the rest goes to the fighters. That one percent ain't nothing compared to what they make on merchandising, on pay-per-view, and everything else they make around the world.
I've had two neck surgeries, a back surgery, three knee surgeries, eye surgery, but I keep bouncing back. I won't go away - kind of like a virus. I don't go away. I keep coming back stronger and stronger. I'm contagious.
I went through UFC with five title defenses. Jonny 'Bones' Jones beat my record, so I'm trying to beat his record. That's my goal. That's what I want to do.
I had little problems during high school. It seemed like I was always getting into trouble in summer, going in and out of juvenile hall.
If I wanted to do a fixed fight, I'd be doing WWE.
After having my first surgery in 2003, having an ACL replacement, I never thought I'd be able to compete again.
In the UFC, at first we were like a family, but then it turned corporate. In Bellator, we're family.
Negativity just sucks the life out of somebody.
I fought with integrity and heart and determination like no fighter has ever done.
I want to be remembered as a fighter with integrity. A fighter who did it this way, who has respect because he wanted to push the envelope for the fighters.
I squeeze like an anaconda.
Tito Ortiz vs. Chuck Liddell III, the fight that all the fans wanted to see for the longest time and never got a chance to. I never got a fair shake when I was with the UFC against Chuck, any of the times I ever fought against him.
I was smart enough to save my money. I invest. The biggest thing you can invest is something they don't have a lot of, is land. I own a lot of it.
Life's too short. Too short to hate.
At the end of the day, us fighters, all we have is respect.
I love doing films, action films, anything I can get into that is produced at a high level, really use my skills.
I want to let people to believe in themselves, people believe in me that everything is possible.
Maybe UFC and Bellator should take care of the fighters when their careers are done, as the NFL takes care of their players. Because they're making so much money off us.
I'm very thankful to Bellator.
In my mind, I know I'm one of the greatest. I know other people don't think that, but in my mind, I know I'm one of the greatest.
The 'Apprentice' was tough, tough work. It was all for charity, so I was thankful for the money Donald Trump gave me when I was fired.
I cheated on my first wife, Kristin. I thought I was untouchable. How could I be that inconsiderate to someone?
Once someone watches me compete, I'm part of them forever.
I'm a person that's been fueled on emotions. And any fan who's ever been around any of my fights, I'm the only fighter who'd go out on the concourse to sign autographs the day of the fight. Because I'm in love with my fans.
I've struggled to get respect and dignity for my profession, and I do it in the way I lead my life as a fighter and as a human being.
I look at guys like - guys like Floyd Mayweather making $42 million dollars for a pay-per-view - what am I doing differently from what this guy's doing?
I have a great surgeon that put me together.
UFC, take me off your list. Take me off your Hall of Fame.
I don't wanna fight a street fighter.
I have all the money I want. I don't need any more money.
Chuck Liddell's a puppet.
I remember from the very beginning when I walked out at UFC 40, when we had the big lights, the flames, everything. Fans want to see entertainment.
My number one goal was to be the best fighter ever in the Octagon. I think I can hold hands with many who can stake that claim.
It gets to the point where, by the time you're underneath the arena lights and you're staring at your opponent, that's the best time. That's the best feeling in the world, because all the other stuff goes away.
I'm a kid who has a lot of respect. I believe in respect.
Shlemenko wants to make his name off of Tito Ortiz. He's not the first person ever to do this. People have been trying to use my name ever since I was the champ.
I've had an ACL replaced in my left knee, ACL replaced in my right knee, 50 percent of my meniscus taken out of my right knee, lower back fusion, C-6, C-7 fused in my neck, C-5, C-4 disk replacement, C-4, C-3 fused. I have 26, 27 concussions, hundreds of stitches. I've been through the grinder.
Us fighter put our lives on the line to entertain the fans that watch.
My biggest enemy has been my body.
The fight game and the commentary game are two different worlds.
I understand my limits. I'm not going to go out there just to fight for money and to put on a show for people at the risk of my own health. I won't do that.
People don't understand what fighters at the top have to go through. You know what, even half the fighters don't understand what the guys on top are going through. You're being pulled in so many directions. Contract negotiations, business opportunities, people come out of the woodwork, and it all happens when you're so young.
Retiring as the champion and being the only athlete to ever do that, I think goals like that are set in the mind. I want to make that happen.
Scott Coker's been amazing to work with.
I know who I am. I'm a former world champion.
Fighting is my livelihood, and jeopardizing my body without a full understanding of conditions doesn't make any sense. No professional fighter will go into a risky match without a contract.
Wrestling has always been a dominating force in UFC.
I've been through every surgery that any athlete has ever been through, and I've prevailed through it.
I don't see myself any higher than anyone else.
There was a disc and two bone spurs pressing on my spinal cord. If anyone's had spinal cord problems or disc injuries in their neck, they'd understand what I went through.
A lot of guys who I fought, they beat guys who were No. 1 contenders, and that's why I fought them.
I've tasted the dirt side. I've tasted being broke. I've been in the dumps, I've lived in motels as a kid. I want a different opportunity for my children. I never want them to see those things.
I was always a huge WWF wrestling fan, and Hulk Hogan was one of my biggest heroes.
My biggest enemy has been my surgeries.
I'm not a young kid struggling to get to the top. I've been to the top. I gotta look out for my best interests as a businessman in this fight game. At the end of the day, it is a business. I've got children to take care of; I've got bills to pay.
At the end of the day, when I step in that cage, I'm there to fight for my name. It's not about money; it's not about who's gonna win or lose. It's about me winning. That's all that matters.
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