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How many fighters are going to be able to leave the legacy that I did? Nineteen years old, I came and I conquered.
Fighters now, they think you have to trash talk to be marketable. Yet so much of what they're saying, it bores me.
You see this with fighters all the time, if you're not staying active, you're kinda put on the shelf a little bit.
The reason I like Olympic boxing is that all the best fighters come together and find out who the best fighter is.
I don't want to look like all the other fighters. I've been proud to not be or act or look like any other fighters.
I came to the UFC to fight with top-level fighters and become the undisputed, undefeated champion. This is my goal.
Other great fighters like Sugar Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali have fallen to the canvas. Why not Julio Cesar Chavez?
I tell my sons all the time, 'The most important thing in your life is fitness,' but a lot of fighters go overboard.
You've got Jon Jones, for instance. That guy is the best, one of the best fighters in the world, but he's a cheater.
I spent so many years in MMA waving the banner for pro wrestling, telling fighters they had to be more entertaining.
But my promoter Frank Warren knows what he is doing, and has been through this cycle many times with other fighters.
Training with the best fighters in the world and getting top coaching - I do feel it improved me a lot as a fighter.
It's very rare in British boxing that you have two fighters who are both undefeated and who are both world champions.
Some good fighters, they never won the belt, so it doesn't always show the whole picture. But it's an accomplishment.
Obviously wrestling is a core component of MMA. And among UFC fighters, my take-down defence is considered quite high.
Eliminating fighting would mean eliminating the jobs of the 'fighters,' meaning these guys would not have NHL careers.
People want to see fighters who can put on a little show and then back it up. Hopefully I can do both of those things.
How can you prevent an attack by returning foreign fighters if you are not cognizant of their names and links to ISIS?
I think the fighters, we deserve certain respect, because we put our bodies and health on the line to entertain people.
I'm a big fan of the Foo Fighters, Ben Harper, Amos Lee, Coldplay, Corinne Bailey Rae and Chris Thile... to name a few.
I much more enjoy the company of freedom fighters and justice campaigners than I do the company of hedge fund managers.
I'm not old. I'm 37, but I can do things that fighters 10 years younger cannot. I will prove that, or I will die trying.
I so admire the discipline, the work ethic, and the sacrifices fighters make to master all aspects of mixed martial arts.
There have been many great fighters like Jake LaMotta, Roberto Duran, and Ricky Hatton. Hatton was a great inside fighter.
You see a lot of fighters who just got into the UFC getting a lot more recognition than the people who have been in there.
I'm going to be one of the best fighters coming out of Philadelphia and one of the best Latino fighters who's ever done it.
A lot of great fighters were amateur wrestlers first and you can study them on film to see how they adapted the techniques.
Fighters never realise when it is time to walk away. They can't leave the buzz and adoration that surrounds being champion.
I'm always going back to one thing - my family... It's my family, my religion, my fighters. Put them in any order you want.
One of the most popular MMA fighters ever, Kimbo was a charismatic, larger-than-life personality that transcended the sport.
This is what Philadelphia fighters are all about - rising to the occasion - and that's what I've been doing my whole career.
Looking back, I couldn't get enough fights because Don King owned most of the top 10 fighters, and he never gave me a fight.
I'm very anxious. If you're going to fight the best fighters, you have to be prepared for a war, a highly-anticipated fight.
I've seen a lot of the great fighters, so I've always been a fan of the Puerto Rican fighters and I'm happy to be one myself.
In Bellator, I feel like I can grow. As the fighters grow, I know the company will grow. You feel like a part of the company.
Sonnen always appeared as the nice guy, consoling his fighters, while my scenes were all of me with ugly face. It was biased.
Not many fighters respect Chael Sonnen because he's in the wrong sport. He should be in pro-wrestling with a mouth like that.
We're getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we're releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers.
As a champion and one of the best fighters in the world, guys should always step up to the plate and want to fight Jon Jones.
I don't know how much the other fighters make. But I need to tell you that, for myself, money is not the first consideration.
I ask myself, does Slipknot want to play next to the Foo Fighters? The answer is no, because my kids don't want me to do that.
If you think you're higher than UFC, if you think you're better than all the other fighters, then maybe you should get pulled.
I'm being more physical and aggressive while, at the same time, I'm not being overwhelmed by strong fighters like Sara McMann.
We get stereotyped as MMA fighters as being barbarian and trying to hurt people. A lot of us are college-educated, like myself.
It's hard to just go one day from another to being one of the best fighters in the world to just stop doing what you love to do.
A lot of fighters are counted out after a loss, and it's really what you do afterward that offers an explanation to your career.
I want to take on fighters like Jeremy Stephens, Andre Fili... get ourselves into the Octagon and see if these guys can bully me.
Wilder has taken the hardest fights, out of any heavyweight in the world. He's fought the most difficult fighters, in my opinion.
It's always been my goal to fight the best fighters out there, and I look at Amir Khan as one of the top fighters in my division.
Without a doubt Jon Jones is one of the greatest fighters in history, and, of course, we do see errors that we'll try to exploit.