Sage Northcutt Quotes

"I'm taking it one fight at a time. But I always see myself being victorious."

"I wanted to study to be a petroleum engineer and get my engineering degree and fight in the UFC at the same time. But unfortunately, to be the best I can be at the UFC, I needed all focus to be there, and more focus, also."

"I started working out and doing martial arts when I was about 4 years old, and I was competing by the time I was five or six. So my mom and dad had me doing push-ups and sit-ups from a very young age."

"People say I don't have the experience. I might not have 20 MMA fights, but I've been fighting my whole life."

"I always have great cardio."

"The UFC offered me a fight against one of the Top-10 fighters named Demian Maia. I believe he was, like, No. 2 at the time. They obviously believed in me to think that I could face one of the best guys in the division."

"It can be kind of difficult because of the workload I have at Texas A&M, so I have to find time to study as I pursue my major, but also to travel and compete and train hard for my fights to come in the UFC."

"I'm always looking to go out there and finish my opponents as soon as possible so I can stay safe and protected."

"I would like to be the youngest UFC world champion. I believe I can accomplish that."

"Georges St-Pierre - he's so awesome. It was very great getting to roll around with him and getting to train with him. He's so nice and so friendly, and he's very humble, too."

"I might take a little time off from school to train. I'd be a totally different animal if I trained full time."

"When I was nine years old, I was on the cover of 'Sport Karate' magazine."

"I was at my house, and me, and my brother, and my sister were kind of just playing around. And I was like, 'I wonder if I can twist this apple and rip it apart?' So I was playing around, and I did it, and I was like, 'Wow, that kind of takes a firm grip.'"

"By the time I was 4 or 5, I was doing 250 push-ups and sit-ups a day. When I was 6, we bumped it up to about 500 push-ups and sit-ups a day. Some days it could even be 750 or 1,000."

"Typically, when someone gets a choke on me, I have a pretty strong neck. It's usually hard to choke me."

"I'm always pretty much smiling."

"Knowing what God has in store for me - it gives me hope. I kind of feel like God's warrior, pretty much. God's weapon."

"The more fights I have in the UFC, the more people I meet, the more opportunities I have to make an impact."

"I feel like I have goals that I set, and I try to accomplish those goals, so no matter what room I step into, I know the direction that I'm wanting to head."

"I think that we all got to have respect for each other. And we could all be more careful with the things we say."

"Sylvester Stallone seems like a really cool guy, and Dolph Lundgren seems awesome."

"I think me and Mr. Dolph Lundgren look kind of alike."

"The new 'Creed 2' movie is coming out, so I was actually going to audition for that. Got a little audition tape, so hopefully that goes through. That would be pretty neat. Being Ivan Drago's son in the movie? That would be pretty fun."

"I just want someone who's got a great personality, beautiful, fun to be around."

"Any fighter fighting in the UFC would take the opportunity to take a fight against a YouTuber and stand to make several million dollars."

"It's an incredible feeling, just to know that you have MMA fans that are behind you and want to know when your next fight will be."

"I'm a totally different person in training."

"I'm a bubbly, happy guy."

"I know people want to get out there, and they're all tattooed up, and they're all serious and stuff and ready to fight. I'm ready to fight, but I still have a smile on my face at the same time."

"At the point in a match where most guys would wear out, I'll still be fresh."