For my whole career, I didn't have sparring partners. I was frustrated when I came to the UFC because, after a few minutes of the first round, I would feel dead because I had no sparring partners. — Mirko Cro Cop Copy Share Image
Now I am training with sparring partners who are nice people, sure, but not my friends. These are sparring partners who want to knock me out in sparring. In the Croatian media, they said it was 'life and death' sparring… — Mirko Cro Cop Copy Share Image
I'm not allowed to be woken up under any circumstances except if my house starts burning. Then my wife is authorised to wake me… — Mirko Cro Cop Copy Share Image
Even though I didn't do as well in the UFC as the rest of my career, I feel like I did everything that I… — Mirko Cro Cop Copy Share Image
Of course I will submit if I have a chance, but I always prefer to finish a fight in a stand-up position. — Mirko Cro Cop Copy Share Image
I just hope that God will give me the strength that I can prove my worth. — Mirko Cro Cop Copy Share Image
Nobody should underestimate me. When you have a self-made fighter like I am with the Pride belt I earned, it's not good to underestimate… — Mirko Cro Cop Copy Share Image
I'm not old. I'm 37, but I can do things that fighters 10 years younger cannot. I will prove that, or I will die trying. — Mirko Cro Cop Copy Share Image
I was training in an old garage - just a roof. And when its snowed, it would cover the floor, so I would have… — Mirko Cro Cop Copy Share Image
Saying that fights in Japan were fixed and that me, along with other guys like Silva, Minotauro, etc., did not win those fights legitimately… — Mirko Cro Cop Copy Share Image
Training is not the key. Head is the key. For me, it's head. How aggressive you will be. Who will attack first? But you… — Mirko Cro Cop Copy Share Image
The biggest shock was the first fight. I didn't know what to expect. I fought Fujita. At that time, he was one of the… — Mirko Cro Cop Copy Share Image
I wish you could see a new Cro Cop, 15 years younger. I wish it was possible. — Mirko Cro Cop Copy Share Image
