Top 107 Quotes & Sayings by Wanderlei Silva
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Brazilian mixed martial artist Wanderlei Silva.
Last updated on September 12, 2024.
I've had a couple knockouts, but I feel good.
There are two guys that I think are underrated - Thiago Tavarres and Tyson Griffin.
My Hall of Fame are my fans.
You have to be able to take a punch. A strong neck is really important.
I would like to fight in Brazil, but we can fight in Japan or even in the United States. But if it really is against Dan Henderson, I would like it to be in a soccer stadium in Brazil.
If you have a young student, don't let him take too many punches to the head. There's the right moment to do a hard training, but it can't be every day. A good coach takes care of your student.
My career is over because I don't have the stage to perform where athletes get the proper respect.
My second bout with Cro Cop was the hardest. I had a serious injury in my eye during the fight and he knocked me out in the second round. I think it was the closest I've been to death.
Shogun vs. Lyoto is a fight that no one can miss. It's hard for me to say anything because I'm great friends with Shogun. I'm cheering for Shogun. I'm friends with Lyoto as well. I like him and I respect him and admire him as a fighter, and outside the ring, he is a great example to all of us.
The active fighters can't speak up or they will be fired. Because this monopoly doesn't allow for a free market. We have to free the fighters so they can fight wherever they want.
I just opened a free, public MMA gym in Paraiba, so why can't Curitiba or Sao Paulo have one? No money? Someone needs to do this.
My great fight was against Liddell. I lost via decision but it was one of the fights that I most enjoyed to be part of. He was tough, had heavy hands, I was able to handle him and knock him down in the second round, we gave an amazing show.
Of course we always want to win, and train for it, but I also care about the quality of my performance. I want to provide a great spectacle for those who are at home.
I'm a professional; I'd never fight against Mirko or anyone else not being prepared.
Lyoto makes it very difficult to knock him out, he escapes well and moves very well.
Bellator is indirectly creating the stars division - I'm 42 now - where stars fight each other.
I want to be tested until my limit.
If you own an event, it's your job to make sure the athletes are satisfied when they fight.
For many athletes, an injury can mean the end of a relationship with a sponsor. XYIENCE stood behind me in my time of victory and they continued to do so when I became injured. This means a great deal to me.
In 20 years of career and 50 professional fights, I never refused to test or failed to apply for a license to fight.
But I was born in the real world, I'm from the streets.
Sometimes I put my heart in front of my technique.
People have to be more careful in traffic. It's hard to ride bikes in Curitiba.
If I could leave a tip for the young guys, it would be don't hit yourselves every day.
I'm against all types of drugs and steroids, but the athlete has the right to have a private life. He has to be clean on the day of the competition. Out of competition, that's his life.
No more corrupt politicians stealing from us.
That stadium, Saitama, has given me some of the best moments in my career.
People talk, talk, but when it's time to fight me, they all wanna hug me.
My return was interesting because Bellator gave me a stage that was worthy of the return of Wanderlei Silva. I was the main event, sold out.
XYIENCE is a great brand, and they've also worked to help inspire my team of amateur fighters.
I like taking on the tough guys.
I like the octagon because there are no corners; there is nowhere for my opponent to go.
I don't even drink.
Shogun is the most talented guy I've ever seen.
I don't think about my losses. I only think about winning my next fight and preparing for my next fight.
I fixed my nose, and now I'm breathing better, snoring less.
Sometimes, people say, 'You need to fight smart.' After a fight gets started I don't know what happens with me. I feel crazy. A lot of times my coach says, 'Calm down. Calm.'
Like people say, it's very hard for a good professional to retire.
I talk to my guys and I tell them, 'You have to fight in a way that you don't give the promoter a choice but to bring you back.'
I lost six months of work due to throwing open punches and took a punch on the chin.
But what astonished me is that this Croatian, this Mirko Cro Cop guy, called me the best in the world, a legend in front of me, but behind the computer he's talking a bunch of crap. What kind of man are you to say this crap online and not to my face?
The emotion that I have going into the Octagon and from the crowd is unbelievable. It's priceless.
I won't fight just to fight, I'm fighting to win.
A bout between champions has to be considered a big show.
I was in a lecture about concussions and of the 10 symptoms the guy mentioned, I had eight. The symptoms would be, for example, mood swings, getting angry very fast, forgetting some things, having difficulty sleeping.
I'm against steroids. Steroids are bad.
The power from the punches come from your legs.
If it wasn't for us fighters, who have carried the sport on our backs since the very beginning... without fighters there is no fight, there's no event, and no show.
You can't fight like a machine, like you are worried about what the promoter is going to think.
It's normal to be under pressure. I'm fighting professionally for 15 years, and it's always been like that.
It's not news that I want to face Vitor Belfort or Chael Sonnen.
Sometimes I fight with my heart, then I open myself way too much.
Try to find a good gym, have a schedule or take a class every day, and make it a habit.
How can someone who has never been slapped in the face talk about the greatest fighter of all times?
The UFC are promoting a lot of cards and there are a lot of fights that people even don't know that will happen. But Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson would sell very well.
I am a beloved athlete all over the world.
I've made it very clear to you all that I will never again fight for this promotion, the U.F. Circus. Fixed fights, and I can prove it!
I don't like jokes.
I don't have any superstitions, because I am a Christian.
If you go out and make a show and put your heart on the line every time, the people will respond to that and the promoter won't be able to say anything.
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