If you see my fights, I'm always stitched up, cut up, bleeding - I'm embracing who I am. — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
I mean, I prefer negative energy. That pumps me up a little bit more, actually. — Darren Elkins Energy Copy Share Image
I'm still a blue-collar guy. I'm still the same guy - I'm never going to change. — Darren Elkins Blue collar Copy Share Image
I've been wrestling since I was 4, so it's more a thing that's just a part of me now. It's toughened me mentally. — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
I've been competing at a top level and everything in wrestling since I was young. — Darren Elkins Competing Copy Share Image
I've got a pretty good relationship with the UFC. This is where I want to finish my career. — Darren Elkins Career Copy Share Image
I needed a change, and Alpha Male was the answer. And I felt great there, man. I felt like I was at… — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
The first round is never my round... That's never my best round. It's the second and third. It's like I'm switching gears… — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
When I was the young me, the young, beginning UFC Darren, I'd always make fun of the old guys. 'Oh this old… — Darren Elkins Beginning Copy Share Image
The grind is my game, those are the fights I'm going to succeed in. It's not the prettiest stuff sometimes but man,… — Darren Elkins Game Copy Share Image
The one sure thing is, if you believe you're finished, you probably are. I just keep fighting and you never know what… — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
I try not to focus on the negative. That's not going to get me anywhere. I'm going to complain and get mad… — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
In this sport, the way I look at it, going off one fight and straight into another one, you have to make… — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
You've got to be able to keep your mind on what your actual goals are. And I got a family, man. I'm… — Darren Elkins Family Copy Share Image
I feel like the worst thing to do is put a time frame on it, and then it's like you're either done… — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
I want to fight for the championship. That's my ultimate goal. — Darren Elkins Championship Copy Share Image
I enjoy learning new things, working on different things, and just seeing what I can do with myself. — Darren Elkins Education Copy Share Image
If you look at the odds, I am like the underdog in a lot of my fights, and I win most of… — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
I'm not underestimating Brandao at all. He won 'TUF' and he's in the UFC; obviously he's a good fighter. — Darren Elkins Fighter Copy Share Image