J.R. Tompkins Quotes

For those of us (those that have the desire to explore the world unknown) that grew up going out into the wilds of the world...we got into our souls a sense of beauty.

It doesn't seem to be worth wasting a lot of energy on attempting to rewrite the past.

I follow K-1 closely and also train Ray Sefo. My heart is with K-1 and I love the sport of standup kickboxing.

Someone thought that I dropped out of Harvard. I am a college dropout, but I dropped out of Temple University in Philadelphia.

I have too many guys that count on me as a coach so in 2009 you're going to see me in a lot of cages and rings but I'll only be in them to corner my fighters.

The thing I have to keep in mind and I try to keep in mind about myself, about anyone, is you do the best you can do at the time.

I like being around people who are good conversationalists, when there's a give and take, and you are heightening an idea, exploring it together, that is my favorite thing in the world.

Everyone is always asking me about clothes.

How has podcasting changed things? A lot of people ask me if I feel I should be more famous.

I think Jaws is one of those movies that, if it is on, I will watch it until it's finished.

I like being around people who are good conversationalists.

I probably protect myself by not asking myself too much.

I like actual songs and bands, but it's usually parts, like the production, the bassline, the drums, that I'm really attracted to.

We need more guys that are solid talents all around and Frank Mir proved himself and I don't think anyone is going to second guess him every again.

Sometimes I start with music on and then I get distracted because I'm working to a different rhythm; I'm not working to myself. So, I don't have music on when I'm working.

I started using Notes [on my iPhone] but I do a lot of hand written notes. It's a very slow, accumulative thing.

Performances have a bit of a life and a time scale to themselves.

I think when it comes to Anderson Silva, it comes down to his speed, his distance and his timing are impeccable. They are second to none and that's what makes him dangerous.

I'm one who needs to be in the space [for] a sense of place and order. It's crucial.

I think Anderson Silva is ahead of Chuck Liddell as far as that goes.

I don't analyze too much, because then I'll question, 'Why do I write down all of these random little phrases?'

If I had train someone to fight Anderson Silva that would probably be my biggest challenge yet as far as being prepared for a striker.

I look at B.J. Penn as one of the best boxers in the business. He's got one of the best jabs around.

[Fedor] Arlovski proved himself against Ben Rothwell. As far as a power puncher in the mold of a Mike Tyson-style power puncher, you're not going to find anyone tougher than Fedor.

There's a lot of great strikers in the business but no one should ever forget about Chuck Liddell.

I think Frank Mir was 100 percent underestimated and I'm really happy to see the result because I think we needed it in the heavyweight division.

I'm not really interested in making someone endure a performance or stand there for too long. I like to think about the length.

What I think a lot of that was K-1 having had their Grand Prix finals not even a month before the "Dynamite!!" show so a lot of those guys were coming into that fight pressured to fight.

I think really, if I were to defend the K-1 strikers, that it was a pressure of not enough time to re-prepare for a fight and not enough time to repair for a fight as a result of the last show.

I ever said back when we had our choice words I still told everybody that I respected him. I wouldn't want to have to do [Joe Rogan] job and I don't know anybody else that could do his job.

I've been around fighters enough to know that you have to be able to give 100 percent of your effort and time into training for a sport.

I'm not a super adventurous eater and I try to make myself try things.

I loved the bike because it gave me some measure of independence that I did not have.

The bike has very few controls. It's very simple to operate and understand and your field of vision is certainly greatly expanded as opposed to being in a car.

I love a small dinner party - let's say six people, max, were everybody's having the same conversation. That's my favorite thing in the world.

My favorite movie is Lawrence Of Arabia. But that's a long, long movie. So although I've seen it several times, it's not as fun as Jaws.

Making movies is nice, man. A movie with some money behind it? Sweet. So many snacks and stuff. Name-brand. And many different kinds of coffee.

I haven't seen comedy as popular as it is now since when I started, in the late 1980s boom. It feels like that again, in that it's everywhere, and it's great to see.

And we have a new era in boxing!

Our fates are locked together. It would be foolish of me to anger God by leaving you.

One can only hope that our horizons widen as we grow taller.

There is often a prophetic word in the words of a prophet, but not everything said is true prophecy.

Writing is a lifelong disease. Once contracted, the only prescription is to write constantly in whatever form to express your condition, in whatever construction to carry your words beyond you.