Mma Quotes · Page 28

I don't believe in luck; it's just dedication to the technique plus good physical condition.

— Rickson Gracie

It's not the man who pushes himself the hardest... it's the man who pushes himself the hardest after it gets painful.

— Michael Chandler

When you're in there fighting, there's an energy and there's a focus that is nearly unbreakable.

— Frank Shamrock

I am very highly skilled in MMA. It might just be something that I take to the grave, those skills.

— Mike Perry

I'm a fighter through and through. I don't give up. I have a strong heart and I will push until there's nothing…

— Liz Carmouche

Nobody is born a winner, but anyone can develop the way of thought that guides you to the right direction.

— Gunnar Nelson

I was just a very shy kid that needed something to do. And I wanted to practice some kind of martial arts…

— Aspen Ladd

Before each one of my fights, I make a point of saluting my opponent. I salute the other fighter out of respect,…

— Georges St-Pierre

You learn how to persevere... to have discipline, you learn to lose, you learn to win, you learn how to not quit.

— Ricardo Liborio

K-1 is the sport where I started. This is my first love, and I find K-1 more attractive and more suitable for…

— Mirko Cro Cop

One of the big things that I focus on is not having regrets, just taking every opportunity I have and going for…

— Chris Weidman

Keep working towards improving on yourself and keep working towards your dreams and goals because no one else will for you.

— Patrick Williams

You can't change your attitude because you're the champion. I've always kept my feet on the ground and never wanted to change.

— Renan Barao

Everybody's beatable. Mixed martial arts, there's many ways to win, and that also means there are many ways to lose, as well.

— Bas Rutten

But that's the great thing about MMA, you know, you can never predict what's going to happen.

— Jimi Manuwa

I feel like I'm one of the best strikers in MMA. I just need the time to prove it. You haven't really…

— Anthony Pettis

I know that when I get in there and I leave that cage I will leave with more than I came in.

— Alex Caceres

We make my opponent out as a monster. We focus on his strengths because that's what we need to negate.

— Joe Lauzon

None of us is promised tomorrow... So whenever an opportunity has presented itself for me I'm willing to take it.

— Mark Hunt

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

— Ernest Hemingway

It's hard to do both grappling and MMA, but sometimes I can. I will do both as long as I can.

— Gilbert Burns

You need good coaches with a good gym that teach you the essentials, like boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, and pretty much all the…

— Cain Velasquez

I try to stay calm and I try to enjoy myself as I perform these actions so I perform them with minimal…

— Alex Caceres

People want to put you in the box, and you just have to fight past their preconceived notions.

— Gina Carano

Go toward self-actualization rather than self-image actualization... Search within... for honest self- expression.

— Bruce Lee

My main job is to go and have fun. When I do that, everything just seems to fall into place.

— Rashad Evans

The pressure is always there... I just have got to go out there and enjoy my moment and do my best.

— Lyoto Machida

Im not trying to hate on nobody.I love everybody that works towards what I was working towards.Its a hard game,its a hard…

— Nick Diaz

I may not be able to keep fighting for money... but I will always have to fight for my dignity, because that's…

— Nick Diaz

There are a lot of sports that New Zealand does very well but MMA is a truly global sport and it's practiced…

— Israel Adesanya

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

I don't think I'm better than anyone; I just like to prove to myself that things I imagine can be done.

— Anderson Silva

I fight because it allows me to face my fears head on, and conquer those fears one by one.

— Michelle Waterson

You really can't worry about stuff you can't control... You need to focus on getting where you need to be and not…

— Robbie Lawler

McGregor has a good punch, but he cannot say that he's the biggest puncher. MMA gloves are tiny - four ounces -…

— Jose Aldo

I hope to be remembered one day as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, fighter in MMA history.

— Patricio Freire

I just need to enjoy the moment... I just fight I know I'm going to go out there and perform my best.

— Luke Rockhold

The Muhammad Ali Act to MMA is necessary to balance the scales between promoter and mixed martial artist and to restore integrity…

— Jon Fitch

It's like holding a hot coal in your hand, it just burns you, it doesn't do me any good.

— Joe Lauzon

I call my style, "Poetry in Motion." So I'm working on a new art to make fighting even more beautiful.

— Bobby Green