Top 687 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Mixed Martial Artists - Page 8

Real ability is the child of God-given talent and rock solid diligence. Nobody maintains ability without hard work. Nobody.

I train six to seven hours during the three separate sessions every day while in camp.

Wrestling is difficult - it is not just about doing moves and running around, and creating high spots. It's so much more subtle than that.

I've fought a couple different places in the world. I love America, I'm American, but I have to say that American fans are the worst. I have to say it. They can get mad at me. I said it, and it's something they can work on.

I went up a weight class and took off the head of the greatest lightweight in history.

It's important to have the right strategy. I can't commit to things or fight like I used to. I can't just bang it out. I have to be more intelligent in training and in fighting.

I want to fight until the body says 'no.'

There's a reason that football players, that still choose to come over to train MMA. They're professional and phenomenal freak athletes and they know how to work as professional athletes. They know how to get better and know how to improve.

Travel light and trust in serendipity.

I had my first professional fight was in 2001 in Venezuela - it was also my first international trip away from Brazil. It was a great experience. Then in 2005, I went to Finland and won. The next year there was a tournament in Brazil with three fights in one night. I was the underdog and won all three fights.

When thing are at it's worse you dig deep and finish your mission or be carried out on your shield.

He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day and looks like a pussy today.

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 have liked to listen to European dancing music.

Indifference is what death is for us as fighters.

I feel like through martial arts I'm able to face my fears head on. It makes me not run away from challenges in life. I'm able to transfer my martial arts training over to other challenges. To be able to conquer your fears is the best feeling in the world.

If every punch thrown was a knockout, then fantastic, but most punches don't end up in knockouts and most submissions don't end up being the one to finish the match.

I was done with wrestling and I was teaching with competition behind me. It was that experience that gave me confidence and propelled me to fight.

I was born in Colorado Springs and I spent a lot of time there. I moved to Denver when I first started training in MMA full time.

To me, KSW is a huge promotion and it's on my list of one of the things I want to do as an MMA fighter. I think that goes for any European fighter.

I've been through enough competition in amateur wrestling my whole life to know that sometimes you have off nights and you don't perform and chalk it up to that and move on.

I have a lot of respect for Fedor Emelianenko, who beat me two times.

I want to become undisputed UFC welterweight champion. I've been so close a couple of times, but I don't want to leave the sport always a bridesmaid and never a bride. I want to get that belt around my waist.

I want people to know that anyone, from anywhere, can make it as far as they want, as long if they are willing to do what it takes.

I think every [fighting] style has the same core. It's all about changing and positioning, transitions.

I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. I had to fight for everything I've achieved in my life - which is true about all of us. And I truly believe that we are all created equal. It's about the paths we choose.

It is not the material which gives life form but the space between the material that gives life form.

Experience is the highest level of knowing.

I like Cung. He's a good guy and a good martial artist. He doesn't sell a fight very well, but he looks great and he fights hard. He definitely fills two very important requirements for building a fight.

I'm really going to put a stamp on my career by beating Cruz.

Always bring your “A” game and god will take care of the rest.

You've got to remain humble because you never know when somebody will hand you your ass.

This is my life, I love this, I love it when I go inside the Octagon.

If I could leave a tip for the young guys, it would be don't hit yourselves every day.

My Hall of Fame are my fans.

People have to be more careful in traffic. It's hard to ride bikes in Curitiba.

Poker is a great game and feeds my need for competition a lot.

My mother taught me that family comes first. It is engraved on my heart.

I've never been crazy when it comes to controlling my diet. I just avoid processed foods, don't mix carbs and make sure I get my protein. I'm a carnivore. I love my wild game and especially my buffalo meat.

You just gotta do what you gotta do whatcha can.

A lot of guys need to get back in shape, I'm in the gym all the time so I don't really lose my conditioning as much as other people.

I think that one thing that I've prided myself on is that tough situations make for tougher people and that was one of my goals as well getting into this sport, I wanted to be a tougher human. I wanted to be a tougher man and basically when I had kids I'd be able to be like a superhero to them, and I feel like I'm accomplishing that.

For a successful strategy session, keep the food light, the lights bright, and drink caffeine all night.

I just want the UFC to give me the chance to show I'm the best in the world.

Anyone can win two fights in one night, but it is the third fight that tells you if you have steel balls or not.

In life I learned that you should not brag, until you've done it And even worse than that.. Could you do it again?? That's why I'm always humble, humbleness is a brave man's obligation, since he knows what it takes to accomplish a great deed

I want to beat DC. I want to avenge my loss.

Do you want to be famous, or do you want to have actual money to take care of your family down the line? I'd say it's a case by case call there. Some guys fight for different reasons. What do you fight for? Do you fight for this reason or for that reason.

I want to be champion again and I'll get it one fight at a time.

I think I'm better than Jake (Shields), I think I should be fighting for the title, but I've been given a huge opportunity here to fight B.J. Penn and that's a big fight, belt or no belt. We're in a sport of selling fights right now, and the sport's growing, we're trying to get international, trying to get into every country, every household, and part of that is ticket sales is the idea that Jake Shields is coming over from Strikeforce with two belts. I understand that, it's a business decision.

I've been a pretty big guy my whole life.

It's a tough sport, and I've been at it a long time.

The truth is, I have nothing to gain from ever fighting anybody.

Passion is very important; if you don't love what you do then you're probably doing the wrong job.

Fighting has taught me that the caterpillar takes a while to turn into a majestic butterfly.

Yes, I think I have the skills to compete with Anderson Silva.

It's not about being tough but to accept your weaknesses and work to get stronger day by day.

God teaches you to forgive people when they mistreat you. That's something that we have to do as Christians, as children of God. It's very hard to do. It's very, very hard. When someone lies on you, when someone tries to ruin your reputation, because everyone knows what kind of person I am.

I want to fight everyone. Weight makes no difference when it comes to who I want to fight.

I've already beaten four to five generations of Bellator's best fighters.