I always felt like my career, as far as professional MMA, would start and finish with the UFC. — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
Mixed martial arts is about graft, it's about having to work hard on all your skills. — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I'm the kind of fighter that likes to break people down, mixing in fast kicking and fast punching. — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I did enjoy university, but ever since I was a kid, martial arts has come first and what I feel most comfortable… — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I would fight Koscheck at anything. Under any rules, any game, any sport, any how, I don't mind. I've never saw eye-to-eye. — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
Lyoto Machida and Chuck Liddell are both strikers, but vastly different in style. — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
We know that money's being made in the sport of MMA. It's just not finding its way to the fighters. — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I've trained with Dillashaw, I've seen him in the gym - I've seen him work... I've seen the power and the tenacity… — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I think Oliveira is a horrible fight for everybody in the lightweight division, just because he bookends everybody's skills with really good… — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I can easily relate to the fighters almost as a sixth sense. I can pick up what they're thinking and read their… — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I've fought a maths teacher, one of my sparring partners has a degree in biochemistry; there's a lot of brain in the… — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
Gegard Mousasi is much more old school than a lot of UFC fans might recognise. We actually shared an opponent, Akihiro Gono,… — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I don't think I'd want my kids to watch Diego Sanchez. He shows heart, but the reason he shows heart is because… — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I had an up-and-down relationship with the UFC over the years, because when I first signed with the UFC, I thought we… — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
We don't really want to see Georges St-Pierre compete at anything other than 100%. He's not the champion if he's not 100%.… — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I've seen a lot of tapes of Markham. He is an attacking fighter, he's got power in both hands and strikes powerfully.… — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I love boxing but one of the reasons I struggle with it is because I can't easily connect with a fighter who… — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I was knocked out at the O2 Arena in front of my family and friends. For a fighter that's humiliating; but it's… — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I trained with Shaolin monks in China and I faced a lot of limitations I had to get over. I got hurt,… — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I never intended on fighting past a UFC contract. When I was on that four-fight losing streak, and I was considering stepping… — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
Alves had been very powerful against Matt Hughes, but he was completely muffled by GSP. I don't think Alves's skill set is… — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I'm a lifelong martial artist and to have an arena to test my skills is essential for me. — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I'll pick people apart and smile at them in the process. When I fight, you know it's going to be exciting. — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I can see why the UFC would picture me as being a bit problematic, because I do say what I think. — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I can watch a fight and I can see when a guy's not trying or when he's exhausted. — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I've been watching DVDs of GSP's progression, and I know his particular game. — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I know, it sounds a contradiction, a fine art student fighting in UFC. But I'm not that unusual. — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I enjoyed that role as a fighter with the red mohawk. But it was just one part of me. — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
Even from my first pro fight in 2004, I've been encountering resistance from all around me. — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
I can see why the UFC would picture me as being a bit problematic, because I do say what I think. — Dan Hardy Copy Share
I'm a lifelong martial artist and to have an arena to test my skills is essential for me. — Dan Hardy Copy Share
Outside the Octagon, outside training, I'm really not an aggressive person at all. — Dan Hardy Copy Share
If I'm stepping in to do something I want the stakes to be high. I want people to doubt me, I want the challenge… — Dan Hardy Copy Share
Articulating the sport, being a voice for the sport is something I would be foolish not to relish. — Dan Hardy Copy Share
I'm the kind of fighter that likes to break people down, mixing in fast kicking and fast punching. — Dan Hardy Copy Share
My first fight at UFC 89 was an undercard fight and after that I was co-main event. I've never really had that build-up into… — Dan Hardy Copy Share
I have no interest in fighting on the streets - I never did have - but I like to out-think my opponents. — Dan Hardy Copy Share
Sport is about turning losing situations into winning ones. That's how you stay on top. — Dan Hardy Copy Share
It's difficult to really develop any kind of muscle strength when you just don't sleep long enough, when you get two or three hours… — Dan Hardy Copy Share
