Top 108 Quotes & Sayings by Travis Browne - Page 2

I feel like a lot of people, because he's Alistair Overeem, have catered to him.

With all my workouts, I have a hard time keeping weight on. My body wants to keep losing weight so I have to eat more.

It's hard for me to be a father and the fighter that I am in the same day. I have to separate those two.

The respect that I get is going to be earned. That's the way I look at it.

I've had a couple of lackluster performances.

I'm not like Overeem, I'm not like Lashley, I'm not like Villante.

I think people in the MMA world don't like boxing because it's not as exciting as MMA because you don't get big slams.

I've never asked for anything from the UFC. I've never asked for a certain fight.

The thing about this sport is you will be held accountable for your words come a certain date.

Every coach has lost.

There was a point in my life and my career where I had less than $100 to spend on both of my kids for Christmas. I remember telling myself, I remember telling my best friend, I said, 'This will never happen again.' I will not let this happen. I mean, $100 for me to spend on my family, friends, everybody.

The night that I fought Bigfoot, he was the better man. He beat me that night. No excuses.

My size is a danger, my power and my athletic ability.

I owned a couple different businesses.

I didn't come from wrestling. I didn't come from boxing or kickboxing.

People beat themselves in this sport.

We have to change my habits, so that when the worst case scenario happens, I don't start just swinging for the fences. I still stay composed, I pick technique over power and I push the pace that way.

I'm a sore loser.

I was a painting contractor for a while and then a dog trainer. I opened my own business dog training and had some success.

I'm not trying to just sit on the couch for a year.

That's my style, that's how I like to fight. I like to please the fans. Go out, knock somebody out, choke them out, break an arm. Something.

If you depend on the UFC for sponsorships, the only money you get is in-cage sponsorships? Then I don't feel, as a manager, that you're doing your job.

If you're going to be a man and get in there and do this sport, you better man up and understand your own mistakes. There's no way to get around that. There's absolutely no way.

Keep doubting me. Please keep doubting me. I will give you something to be upset about if you doubt me.

Whatever strikes I need to throw, I need to let them go.

I'm not a dirty fighter.

One of my favorites is Dominick Cruz, a training partner of mine.

I'm trying to be on SportsCenter every single fight.

In the heavyweight division, if you get clipped, you're going to sleep.

Every fight I feel like I'm fighting for my job.

That's the hard thing about this sport. You don't have a guy over you telling you what you have to do. 'You have to do this, you have to do that.' So at the end of the day, I'm responsible for myself. So what I do is I put people in place around me to help keep me accountable.

I just want to keep winning and moving forward.

The general public may not have an understanding about me and what I do, how I feel about my children, how I feel about my family, how protective I am over my family and children. They just see a big guy in a cage that fights, that knocks people out or this and that.

If you're not scared to death of losing, then you need to get out of this sport or you're going to get hurt.

I got into MMA because I wanted to show my kids that they could be an athlete, that they could push themselves in whatever direction they wanted in life.

I just want my kids to grow up to become good men and that starts with understanding the world around them. That's something I push them to do.

I've said it before that fame money and women will all come and go in your life, so I'm not worried about the money.

It doesn't matter if it's Fight Night, an FX card, a FUEL card, a pay-per-view or FOX. It doesn't matter. If you get to headline an event, I believe that's better than being on any main card there is.

Yeah, I want these fights where people are going to stand in front of me and I'm going to knock them out. But is that going to be best for me in the long run? Probably not. I want those situations and knockouts and submissions against guys who won't just give them to me.

You can't deny somebody that's a hard worker. You can't deny somebody that just digs down as deep as they can.

We all have trials and tribulations and that shows who we are as a person.

Two guys enter the cage and only one comes out the winner. It gets you pumped because you know the other guy is trying to finish you and you want to finish him before he gets his chance.

Once I stopped with the excuses, my life has changed. There's no reason for me to lose any more.

The only difference about us in here and you guys out there is we're braver for about 15 minutes longer. That's it.

When you want your body to perform at a high level, it's important to make sure you are giving your body quality nutrients.

If I want to win a title I have to beat the champion myself, I don't have teammates inside the ring.

You have to be willing to work harder and sacrifice more than most to become one of the top fighters.

Outside the ring I work hard when I train and I spend as much time as I can with my family when I'm not training.