I was like 'You know what? I'm training with these champions. Guys like Georges St-Pierre, Rashad Evans, Nate Marquardt... Let me give… — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
I don't know jack-diddly-squat about jiu-jitsu. And I know enough to say that a guillotine doesn't look too comfortable. But I also… — Teddy Atlas Copy Share Image
I think it's good to have different styles, though. I think it's good to have a lucha on a show, some Japanese… — CM Punk Copy Share Image
Fighting is 90% mental. There are people who run from the fire and there are people that turn around and run to… — Frank Shamrock Copy Share Image
The truth is that I didn't start as a winner. When I was a kid, I was just another reject. I started… — Georges St-Pierre Copy Share Image
For me, boxing's like checkers, and MMA's like chess - there are so many ways to win the match. It's not barbaric;… — Tito Ortiz Copy Share Image
I see the world as a knowledge hardware story, and every day I'm just walking through the aisles. — Georges St-Pierre Copy Share Image
Nerves are natural, it means you're ready to face a challenge and perform. — Dan Carter Copy Share Image
Martial arts is not about picking your fights and picking how things go; it's about adapting to the how things are. — Gunnar Nelson Copy Share Image
A man doesn't require the approval of others. He's willing to follow his heart wherever it leads him. When a man is… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
Mental toughness must be developed before you start fighting because you don't want to be that guy who quits in the ring. — Forrest Griffin Copy Share Image
I got into MMA because of my Mum. She asked me to go to the gym instead of hanging out on the… — Leon Edwards Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of people who do martial arts: those who practice a thousand different kicks one time each, and those… — Georges St-Pierre Copy Share Image
This extends to all things, but you only learn it by losing a few times. — Georges St-Pierre Copy Share Image
Training, a lot of the time, is just uncomfortable. But discipline is all about doing the thing that's uncomfortable. — Frank Shamrock Copy Share Image
If you go to any fight, whether MMA or boxing, there's a whole musical soundscape to these events. There's pre-event pump up/psych-up… — Shawn Anthony Levy Copy Share Image
I've had a mentality that I can do anything, I've never put limitations on myself — Urijah Faber Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks Australia and New Zealand MMA fighters don't have that wrestling base, whereas a lot of Americans and other countries have,… — Robert Whittaker Copy Share Image
MMA is the most dangerous sport there is for a transgender, with all the body contact, I know that. — Fallon Fox Copy Share Image
It's perfectly okay to fail. It sounds corny, but it truly is about the journey. — Urijah Faber Copy Share Image
Of course to be a legend of the sport you have to truly have to have a love for MMA. You can… — Benson Henderson Copy Share Image
The most important thing is not victory, the most important thing is don't get defeated. — Rickson Gracie Copy Share Image