Mixed Martial Artist Quotes

"I don't believe in an eye for an eye. I believe in two eyes for an eye."

"It is better to do too much than to do too little."

"A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching."

"Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can."

"I love palm strikes because you have a longer reach. Normally, when you give a left hook and then a right straight, you are too close for the right straight. Why? Because the hook is shorter."

"I knew everything in the forest. I had a secret home tree, where I pretty much lived. I also liked rooftops and streetlamps. My parents would get calls saying 'He's out there again.'"

"I was this kid who never sat down. Nobody liked me? Well, I'd make sure they'd like me. I was the class clown, always doing crazy stuff and causing riots."

"I thought martial arts was going to help me with my movies and TV stuff, but I realized it would not."

"I wanted to be the Dutch Bruce Jenner - that was my goal. He was my hero."

"You can't dwell on the past and be down on yourself because you lost. You have to take the positive away from it and see how you can improve yourself moving forward."

"The mentality is nonstop, to work for what you want, your mind keeping your body in the best shape possible."

"I'm always trying to get better. There's always room for improvement."

"I think if something's wrong with me, I just kind of work through it. That's my mentality."

"Things happen for some reason. I don't know what, but I just think about the positives, focus on getting better, and that's it."

"Obviously, throwing leg kicks in the first round is not smart, but it's something that I can really utilize in the later rounds to both score points and look to finish the fight."

"I think Mark Hunt just has that knockout power, and that's pretty much it."

"I have the Mexican blood. I'm proud to be Mexican."

"My experience here at the WWE Performance Center has been amazing. I'm just looking forward to being here and learning as much as I can the time that I'm here. I've been a fan of the sport since I was a little kid, and now I get to participate in it."

"I'm really proud of my coaches and the people I have training with me."

"Partnering with MetroPCS is a great opportunity for me. It's great to be partnered with a company that serves a consumer similar to the UFC and my fan base."

"Heath Herring is tough as nails, and he fights hard."

"I didn't see anybody in the media or on TV that played sports that looked like me. I didn't have those things growing up. Now that I'm in that position, I'm happy to be that person if I can."

"I represent hardworking people. That's who raised me. That's who I grew up around."

"I think of all my fights as title fights. I don't think about what can come up afterwards."

"I just want to fight and not talk too much."

"I take my health and the longevity of my career very seriously."

"When I train, I train well."

"Do I think my wrestling is the best? No, I think it's up there around the top."

"Don't bad-mouth me and then try to be my friend."

"I'm not a boxer."