During the fight, if you feel something, you know it's pretty bad, because normally you don't feel anything. You get punched and elbowed in the face, you don't feel it until after the fight. — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Everybody asks me, 'Hey, what's your most memorable fight?' For me, it's definitely the Matt Brown fight. — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I know that pretty much everybody I face is going to wind up wanting to take me down eventually. — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
I rage playing video games. I think that's the only time you will ever hear me say a cuss word. — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In kickboxing, if I walked around at 185 pounds, I fought at 185 pounds. — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
People always ask me what will happen if I lose, and I never really thought about it until they asked me. — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
