Top 88 Quotes & Sayings by Vitor Belfort
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Brazilian athlete Vitor Belfort.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
I'll focus on my training, no matter who I fight.
My hope is in God.
Sometimes you fall down, but you have to pick yourself back up.
The sweet feeling is knowing that nobody gave me anything for free.
I don't look to God for my wins. I look for God in my daily life.
The worst thing in life is not to die but to live with bitterness.
I'm very proud to tell you guys I have been accepted into Stanford University, one of the main institutions of learning and research in the world.
In the natural life, we eat, we drink water, we give birth, we pay taxes. In the spiritual life, we can only reach it by faith.
I am very loyal to my principles.
Eighteen years doing this, my friend. Eighteen years - combat sport. I think you will not find this in history, I believe.
I believe the reason why I fight in Brazil is because I sell a lot in Brazil.
I learned that education and sport are the bedrock for any person, but education comes first, no doubt about it.
That's how I live my life, with belief. I am a winner.
I was the youngest champion of the UFC.
I started very young... I learned my martial arts first in the street. There were always fights. That's the culture in Brazil.
People don't know what pain is until they suffer.
Training for five-round fights is too much for the body.
People say, 'Oh, so you should retire.' Yeah, you want me to retire so you won't get knocked out. I won't retire.
It's not about motivation. It's about what's driven inside of you.
I don't think Apple would be making the computers, the iPhone, being the top electronics company it is, if Steve Jobs didn't have some regrets over mistakes he made and learned to overcome them.
Let me fight Jon Jones. I need that rematch.
I was always a man of the moment. I think it helped me go through things I went through in life.
I live my life for Jesus.
I'd fight any beast in the jungle, you know?
Sometimes I flashback and say, 'Wow I'm still doing this. Wow, it's crazy.' And I'm very thankful, but I think my body needs a rest.
The truth is the Vintage Vitor never left.
I'm not retiring, because when you retire, you're still getting paid. I'm not getting paid, so I'm not retiring.
It's never late to go after your dreams. All it takes is believing and hard work.
That's the beauty of the fight: Anything can happen.
Having three kids at home is sometimes like dealing with Democrats and Republicans when you're choosing a restaurant.
My mindset as an athlete and as a man is to accept what God is asking me to do and to live my life expressing God's word.
I lost a lot of money with sponsors.
We need to reinvent ourselves.
The one thing the fans wanted to see is me getting the title shot.
We don't have any kind of sponsors. The players invest themselves. They need money. They need resources... That's why, in sports and teams, they have sponsors - in soccer, in the NFL. Everyone has sponsors who invest and help to pay daily expenses.
Everybody has haters and lovers. That's what life is all about.
My body is not the same anymore for training. It's too much pain. I did more than 14 surgeries. I left everything in the Octagon.
I'm just trying to be fair with everybody and also with myself.
By the time I was 17 years old, I already had my black belt.
Life is about seasons, and I think you got to know the seasons.
The way I want to be remembered is not the way I will be, and I'm cool with that.
Life is politics.
I think when you're happy with yourself, that's what matters.
The Holy Spirit gives me everything I need.
If you regret a mistake, don't just make that mistake again. Look at it and learn from it and grow from it.
I thank God every day.
I don't like this little word 'if.' If we start adding 'if, if, if,' that means I wouldn't conquer anything completely.
I'm training like an animal. Nobody trains harder than me.
What I want is the belt. It doesn't matter who has it.
I'd like to thank Jesus. He's the one who changed my life.
I have been fighting and winning all the fights in my division. I think I deserve a title shot.
You're going to have to swallow Vitor Belfort. I'm going to reinvent myself and come back different every time.
I have the most loyal fans that have been with me since I was 19 years old, when I was just a young guy becoming a world champion.
I'm a proper man.
I have a life of sacrifice. I don't have a normal social life.
Legacy is not what I did for myself. It's what I'm doing for the next generation.
My heart is so peaceful.
You've got to respect your body and know the time to transition to what's next. A lot of athletes cannot transition. They don't have nothing to do after.
I made some adaptations, as I combined karate with my boxing game. I'm adding a couple of nice things from Shotokan to my game.
With Carlson Gracie, who saw something in me, I started learning and loved mixing together the martial arts.
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