Mma Quotes

The controversy was that Chad Dawson thought he was in an MMA fight and not a boxing match.

At the end of the day, when two combatants get into the ring and/or cage, it's anybody's game, especially in MMA.

Be humble. Be yourself.

When you've been through that, a fight just doesn't seem that cataclysmic.

Be intense, be ready to go, but just enjoy it.

There's going to be highs and there's going to be lows, try to keep your emotions out of it a little bit.

Make excuses to train not excuses not to train!

The pressure... It's not real unless you let it be real.

I like to be confident, absolutely not cocky, and I like to have that healthy fear of my opponents. It keeps me on my toes.

I always come back around. I make it work.

Say what you want before the fight but when it's done, you accept the result.

I am in the Chicago Carpenters Union. They are huge supporters of mine and of MMA.

There is no job feels as lonely as that of a fighter but there is also no bond closer than the one he shares with his corner.

That's my personality - to end up taking the hardest road possible to get to the top. But I think I will get there.

Whenever I do something I give it 100%.

When you fight you are in a situation where failure can happen. This chance of failure forges your character in many ways.

From sports the greatest thing I've learned is discipline achieves goals.

If you stay consistent to the sport you will eventually get good, but you have to just want it more to be the best.

I feel much better to give than to receive. That's why I'm much more happier now as a coach than I ever was as a fighter.

Follow your passion and you'll be successful.

There's always tomorrow; that's the martial way.

The only way forward in life is innovation.

I'm training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.

Nervous and scared is a good thing, it's your friend. You feel more on the edge, you feel like you're about to fall down the river, it's a good thing for me. I like that feeling.

Innovation, born from true creativity, depends on movement.

I fight with emotion, but I don't fight with anger. I could be angry, but I'm not going to fight with anger because when you fight with anger you can make mistakes.

One of the important lessons I learned from my parents is always to respect authority figures like teachers.

Innovation keeps me ahead of my competition. It means that my foes must adapt to me, not the other way around.

A system that works for one person won't be perfect for another... Individuality is a major part of expanding knowledge.

When you dream big, you eventually attract big things.

It's something that I've always loved to do and it's been such a genuine expression for me.

When you fight someone, you share the experience with that one person, and you’re never going to have that experience with someone else-even in another fight.

My first love is MMA... it's something that I did because it made me feel good.

The sun will rise tomorrow, even if you get knocked out in 30 seconds.

Martial arts is not about picking your fights and picking how things go; it's about adapting to the how things are.

I'm a very focused person. If I'm focusing on something I don't like distractions and I like to just do that one thing. And Jiu-Jitsu and MMA basically became that one thing for me.

I dont think about what my opponent will do in the fight and especially what he has to say about me - doesn't matter to me at all.

I take pride in taking the hard road and prove to people I earned it.

When can you enjoy something you'll continue to do it and you'll continue to have that want to grow.

The best part of being on the platform that we are is being able to influence and affect so many people.

I could really care less about the TV and the fame, it's all about that lifetime achievement of becoming a world champion.

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

When I had a boxing match, all I wanted to do was put the guy on his back. That's why I chose to chase after MMA.

As long as you're open-minded you can learn stuff from anyone.

To me, pain means you're pushing your body to give you everything its got.

Everything is worth more when you have to earn it.

You don't need to be special to be awesome. You just need to do the work.

I am crazy but I found a way to steer it into ways I think are very productive.

I'm more into MMA than any other sport. I watch a lot of the UFC fights. I have since it first came onto the scene.

You've got to give up who you are now for who you want to be in the future.