Mma Quotes · Page 31

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

— Gina Carano

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

— Alex Caceres

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

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

— Patrick Williams

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

— Chris Weidman

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

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

— Ricardo Liborio

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

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

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

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

— Jose Aldo

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

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

— Michelle Waterson

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

— Patricio Freire

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

— Rashad Evans

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

— Bruce Lee

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

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

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

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

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

— Lyoto Machida

When you believe in yourself and you know that you can do it then your body just follows suit.

— David Branch

I've fallen short in my career, in MMA, but it is what it is. You're going to do that. I just wanted…

— Ryan Bader

I've always said the thing about MMA that a lot of fighters don't understand is people care more about the story, about…

— Shayna Baszler

I've got to give props to my dad. He got me into the UFC and the MMA scene to begin with.

— Robert Whittaker

With MMA, there are so many ways the fight can go; that's the drama. You don't know what's going to happen next.

— Roy Nelson

The only pressure I ever feel is the pressure I put on myself... I'm over it. Now I go out there and…

— Cub Swanson

I've never pumped myself up or made myself angry as some sportsmen do. I think that one should treat his opponent with…

— Fedor Emelianenko

Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence... Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.

— Mike Tyson

Nick Diaz is going to go down as one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time, no doubt.

— Eddie Bravo

I had a little gut check, and ultimately, I grew up as far as my MMA mentality and am more mature now.

— Shayna Baszler

The controversy was that Chad Dawson thought he was in an MMA fight and not a boxing match.

— Bernard Hopkins

When I was 19, 20, I was saying I was going to be the biggest MMA star on the planet. I'm proving…

— Paddy Pimblett

My desire to fight comes from within... it's a personal journey of accomplishment, not meant to be judges or for me to…

— Cat Zingano

I have a lot of respect for Brandon Vera... The guy has a great background in the business of MMA.

— Mauricio Rua

A real strong fighter should always look dignified and calm... I believe that any expression of aggression is an expression of weakness.

— Fedor Emelianenko

I used to wrestle when I was younger. It was soccer, wrestling, rugby league and now MMA.

— Alexander Volkanovski

You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.

— Miyamoto Musashi