Top 687 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Mixed Martial Artists - Page 3

U.S. wrestling is more of a scrambling style where guys take a lot of risks. You could watch a match in the states and see a score of 18-12. There is going to be a lot of action, transitions and guys going back and forth and trading points.

You look at the staff, the whole staff, from the security to the nutritionists, everybody. Everybody's happy. They want to be there. They look like they want to be in the UFC.

Fights are fights. It's a cliche, but it's true, you can never know how they'll go down for sure until you do it.

I love the S'mores Pop-Tarts. Usually after a fight I get Pop-Tarts and cereal.

I thank God for my talents but, it took many years to achieve some of my goals. I work hard on a daily basis trying to maintain a certain fitness level, run two businesses, and teach classes in the fight game and pro wrestling.

From the beginning of my days, it comes right back down to my parents. Raising all the kids. They really taught me principles of hard work, honesty and integrity. Those are the things that will always carry with you. My brother and I carry on those qualities that my parents have taught us. It helps keep me in check.

I have my principles. I'd rather die than change my principles.

At least my situation I can be like, look, I avoid physical confrontations, obviously not because I have an issue with physical violence, but I try to see the bigger picture of what it takes for humans to coincide with each other. We're all the same race.

Whenever I do something I give it 100%.

I always enjoyed working out and pushing myself physically and mentally as much as I possibly could.

I think the key is never being satisfied with your skills and you have to constantly learn. I say this all the time, I sound like a broken record, but if you are not getting better in this sport you are getting worse

Gratitude will make a man do incredible things.

I wanted to drop the weight class to go to the 125s, and I played it off on how easy it was going to be. 'I can do this, no problem, I always cut weight.' I pushed my body to the extreme.

I implanted an intraocular contact lens, and if you poke me in the eye really hard it moves. Imagine how many punches I took... I had to put it back in place all the time.

After I started training with some of the best in the world and fighting in the UFC, I started really wanting fights with guys I used to idolize and watch on TV. Guys like Tito Ortiz and Randy Couture.

Sometimes, you don't have to win, you cannot win. but that has nothing to do with losing.

There are plenty of times we need fierce compassion, fierce love. Just like when a child does something that is very harmful and we say "No!", we need some kind of fierceness. There's a certain kind of fierceness that can look like anger and has that fire of anger, but the difference is that it's not blinded with reactivity.

When you have a little bit more of a threat, I guess you just have a better sense of urgency, and for me that's when the best comes out in me

I think many fighters could go pro in another sport. When it really boils down to it, it's because we are the best athletes in the world.

You can give me top boxers, Adrien Broner, Mikey Garcia. I would love to get in the ring with them.

The secret of this sport is, while you're the nail, hang in there, let them hit you, until the day you become the hammer, then you smash them back!

Ray Sefo was a fighter and now he's a promoter and this is good. Ray Sefo knows two sides, this is amazing.

Because of Valentina's career in MMA and the way she beats her opponents, beating her will be even more important than when I won the strawweight belt.

I believe I can beat everybody at every division, I truly do.

I was never a playboy, you know? But it's easy to say that because it's just a stereotype. 'OK, this boy did college so he must be a playboy.'

When I go to throw a punch, actually, my intention is to hit somebody. That's just second nature to me. So you have to just rewire yourself. It's not something where you have to sit and subconsciously think about it, but you kind of have to just put yourself in that mode and go with it. Learning the fight scenes, I've never had to learn choreography before, so learning the fight scenes was like learning a dance or something like that. I had a little bit of influence in the fight scenes and I tried to put as much influence there as I could, but I had fun doing it.

My job is to put on a great performance. Every time I step in the ring, my job is to perform at top level and to give the people, give the crowd, give the audience what they came to see and that is a good show and, of course, everybody wants to see knockouts and that's what I like to do.

I've learned from my time in this sport that you only worry about the things you can control.

The day I retire, I want other women to look at me and say: 'Man, Jessica was awesome, funny and a lesbian. She threw so many punches and brought us lots of joy.'

No matter how hard you're going, you can always go harder.

For me honestly I think that fight was lost six weeks before the fight even began

Every kid dreams of playing in the NFL or MLB and I was that 27-year-old that dreamed of fighting in the UFC. It was kind of surreal to see that I have actually accomplished what I set out to do. It's better than I could have ever imagined.

Fear Does Not Crown Champions.

It's been a long road for me, with a lot of ups and downs. Thankfully there have been more ups than there have been downs. For me, what brings me down has only made me stronger because of it.

Knowledge is just how I am. I like to know things. I'm an inquisitive human being.

You're standing in the cage and you've got two options - you can quit or you can continue going, and I'm not a quitter.

I very much like the Japanese version of pro wrestling, probably the most.

Lil' Nog had some trouble with Jason Brilz primarily because he put a scramble into every position he had. Nogueira would be going for a half guard sweep and Brilz would use his wrestling to create a better position. Nogueira is a very well rounded fighter, but I think the main thing he lacks is a good wrestling base.

Even the best guys in the sport have losses on their record, and Myles Jury, I just feel like he's coming up into that reality check with me.

One thing I learned in the military is we fight for everybody's rights to say and do as they please, so everybody is free to make their choices.

I'll continue to face great challenges, stay on top for a long time, continue to evolve, and continue to prove with facts that I'm the best.

I don't classify myself as a wrestler, I'm a grappler.

I don't need to chase titles because I've fought in so many title fights and so many title fight-level matches that if somebody thinks I need to give them a reason to give me a shot at any belt in the world, then clearly they don't know what they're about as far as MMA.

I dreamed that I was being raped by Freddy Mercury.

I don't want them to have to be the one to come tell me, 'Hey, you performing at the top of your sport is no longer feasible. Biology has set its course.'

I just get excited... like a painter with a blank canvas.

It's called the Ultimate Fighting Championship and people pay to come and see the fights.

I'm done thinking about, 'I have to go up to be a title contender, I have to stress.'

Losing is like my ex-wife... it's a b****, and it takes a bigger man than me to live with it.

We are all great beings... I think people have lost the sense of that.

I got sucked real deep into the fame and the money. I was a bachelor and I got sucked into a bad life of partying.

My strategy is just to attack, attack and attack.

Fans want heroes. They're bored. They want a hero and want to follow that guy.

It's not a certain technique, it's not a skillit's all in your mind, it's how far you want to go

From the public's perspective, they like to see guys that go out there and stand. Now, if you happen to be one of those two athletes that are standing out there and trading with each other, afterwards you would disagree with those people. The spectators are not on the receiving end of all those strikes. I have young guys who say, "I like to stand and trade." I say, "Really? Then you are not a very intelligent fighter."

When you constantly claim you are the best, people start to believe that. I see that happen a lot. You can convince a lot of people by talking, even if that has nothing to do with your actual performances. But that's not my thing.

You don't have to have all the right things in life, all the doors already open for you, in order to do great things.

Luke Rockhold would be a good payday.

People could connect with me... I think the appeal was that, "Here he is, he's just a normal guy like us, and he's giving it his all".

I could string together 15 wins in a row and still not get a title shot.