Askren Tough Quotes by Stephen Thompson

I understand it's part of the sport, part of the game to have people who like you and people who don't.

— Stephen Thompson

Everybody asks me, 'Hey, what's your most memorable fight?' For me, it's definitely the Matt Brown fight.

— Stephen Thompson

To be honest with you, Conor McGregor at 170, I think he's just going to be thrown around like a little rag doll.

— Stephen Thompson

I know that pretty much everybody I face is going to wind up wanting to take me down eventually.

— Stephen Thompson

I rage playing video games. I think that's the only time you will ever hear me say a cuss word.

— Stephen Thompson

I was like 'You know what? I'm training with these champions. Guys like Georges St-Pierre, Rashad Evans, Nate Marquardt... Let me give this MMA…

— Stephen Thompson

I learned a lot during the Matt Brown fight.

— Stephen Thompson

I'm a striker.

— Stephen Thompson

In kickboxing, if I walked around at 185 pounds, I fought at 185 pounds.

— Stephen Thompson

When you're out there in the octagon and you've got thousands of people, millions across the world, either cheering for you to win or…

— Stephen Thompson

You gotta be ready in this game. Like when Michael Bisping knocked out Luke Rockhold. I thought... everybody thought that Luke Rockhold would go…

— Stephen Thompson

We kind of understand at this level of the game when you work your way up to the top there's a possibility you may…

— Stephen Thompson

Ben Askren, he's a tough boy. Golly, he's a tough boy. That's what wrestling does. When you wrestle your whole life, you got to…

— Stephen Thompson

People always ask me what will happen if I lose, and I never really thought about it until they asked me.

— Stephen Thompson

As a fighter my goal is not to get hit and frustrate my opponent. Once I get you frustrated then I got you.

— Stephen Thompson