I try to have the same mindset in my practices as I would for my fights. — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
To become a world champion, to defeat Anderson Silva, to accomplish my goal in one night, it was a super surreal feeling. — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
I've kind of grew to enjoy fighting legends that I got into the sport watching and admiring. — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
Training is my life. It's all I've known since I was in second grade, when I started wrestling. — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
I took my first fight in the UFC on short notice. I took my first big fight against a top-five guy on… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
Being the guy that ended the run of the greatest fighter ever will always be attached to my name. — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
I want to be undefeated for a while and end my career as one of the greatest of all-time. — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
My ultimate goal was always that I want to be known as one of the greatest of all time. The first step… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
When you're so physically and emotionally invested in something - like you have to be in MMA - there's nothing like having… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
Look at the guys I've fought. Anderson Silva. Lyoto Machida. Vitor Belfort. All those guys are much quicker than Luke Rockhold and… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
I have a Gracie background and a Matt Serra background so I've always used jiu-jitsu but it takes a while to reach… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
I feel like anyone at middleweight, when I have a full training camp, I'm going to go out there and finish them.… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
I've beaten Anderson twice, then Lyoto Machida and now Belfort. I'll be proud to have taken down three all-time legends in a… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
I want to have the biggest challenges in front of me and conquer them. That's why I wanted to fight Anderson Silva… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
To walk around and people ask me who the champion is in my weight class and I have to say Michael Bisping,… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
When I started and first got to the MMA gym the guys would start and say, 'You're like the All-American kid.' It… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
The thing about mixed martial arts is you have to know every single martial art in the world or you're at a… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
I tried to take every little thing and use it as an advantage. People were asking me how it felt to be… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
I've been through so much damn adversity, I've had so much critiqued on me. From being the undefeated world champion to never… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
I've fought all these top Brazilians. They're all supporting their people, Anderson Silva, they're supporting him. Lyoto Machida, they're all supporting him.… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
Getting hit is part of the job. You don't want the first time you're getting punched to be in the fight because… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
I am always in the gym sparring. I look at every fight kind of like a sparring match. — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
Boxing, Jiu Jitsu, some good old-fashioned wrestling and plenty of cardio. You name it, it's part of my routine. — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
Every single time I defended the belt, it was against the best guy in the world. — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
I really like Cain Velasquez. I like his pace that he puts on; he is mentally and physically breaking everybody he goes… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
I wanna get myself in such good shape that no matter how much I push myself in a fight, I know that… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
I grew up in a rough neighborhood, so I fought a lot. Even when I was wrestling, if I lost a match,… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
That's why everybody loves to tune in and watch these fights, because at any given moment, any given fight, any given fighters,… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
When I'm getting ready for a fight - when I'm in that locker room or I'm making that walk and I finally… — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
You don't want to fix things that aren't broken, so that kind of stops you from make changes. — Chris Weidman Copy Share
A lot of these players, if you listen to the Islanders or the Rangers, they get interviewed in the locker room right after the… — Chris Weidman Copy Share
We have a lot of great stars and so many different things, some of the other countries don't have that. So when they get… — Chris Weidman Copy Share
I think there's times where I'm introverted, and there's times where I'm extroverted. — Chris Weidman Copy Share
Keeping my focus on what's important - inside the Octagon and out - is never lost on me. — Chris Weidman Copy Share
I feel like smaller countries, other countries, they cheer, they support their people no matter what. We need to get a little bit more… — Chris Weidman Copy Share
When I've trained as hard as I possibly can through training camp and I come to the end, where my body is worn out… — Chris Weidman Copy Share
To win the belt from Bisping, the hardest problem for me would be to train hard for him because he stinks. I'm just kidding,… — Chris Weidman Copy Share
The first thing I do when I book a fight is I go to the Internet and I print out a picture of the… — Chris Weidman Copy Share
I grew up in a rough neighborhood, so I fought a lot. Even when I was wrestling, if I lost a match, I always… — Chris Weidman Copy Share
My 'if it's not broken, don't fix it' type attitude might have held me back and made me complacent. — Chris Weidman Copy Share
People gotta realize as a fighter you want to become a champion because you get paid way more money. So the belt is very… — Chris Weidman Copy Share
