--- title: "1 Started Fighting Quotes By B. J. Penn" description: "1 Started Fighting quotes by B. J. Penn. Plus more from B. J. Penn and more Started Fighting sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a3/b-j-penn-6206_fighting_when-i-first-started-fighting-i-thought_2555115.png" --- > [When I first started fighting, I thought I was God's gift to fighting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-penn/when-i-first-started-fighting-i-thought-i-was-god-s-gift-to-fighting/) [B. J. Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-penn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a3/b-j-penn-6206_fighting_when-i-first-started-fighting-i-thought_2555115.png) ## More by B. J. Penn > [I don't want any freebie fights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-penn/i-don-t-want-any-freebie-fights/) [B. J. Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-penn/) > [It isn't always the funnest feeling, sparring three days a week, getting punched in the face at 38 years old, it might not always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-penn/it-isn-t-always-the-funnest-feeling-sparring-three-days-a-week/) [B. J. Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-penn/) > [I got a wonderful life back in Hawaii.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-penn/i-got-a-wonderful-life-back-in-hawaii/) [B. J. Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-penn/) > [We see fighters fight their whole career and never get a title shot. It doesn't matter if they rack up 10 wins if people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-penn/we-see-fighters-fight-their-whole-career-and-never-get-a-title-shot/) [B. J. Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-penn/) > [Being the champ is fake, all of that is all fake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-penn/being-the-champ-is-fake-all-of-that-is-all-fake/) [B. J. Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-penn/) > [I want to get one more world title. Three titles at three weight classes, and without a doubt 145 is my best option.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-penn/i-want-to-get-one-more-world-title-three-titles-at-three-weight/) [B. J. Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-penn/) > [I thought I would go win 100 in a row with 100 knockouts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-penn/i-thought-i-would-go-win-100-in-a-row-with-100-knockouts/) [B. J. Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-penn/) > [Fighting, to me, has always been something different than what everybody's else opinion is. I've never believed what everybody else has.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-penn/fighting-to-me-has-always-been-something-different-than-what/) [B. J. Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-penn/) > [My greatest moment in my whole career is when I became the first non-Brazilian to win the Brazilian jiu-jitsu world championship. That was my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-penn/my-greatest-moment-in-my-whole-career-is-when-i-became-the-first-non/) [B. J. Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-penn/) > [Jiu jitsu is a great art for self-defense. But jiu jitsu alone won't get you to a world championship in the UFC or even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-penn/jiu-jitsu-is-a-great-art-for-self-defense-but-jiu-jitsu-alone-won-t/) [B. J. Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-penn/) > [You look at somebody like Frankie Edgar and you think, 'oh, that little guy,' this and that. But these guys, they want it. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-penn/you-look-at-somebody-like-frankie-edgar-and-you-think-oh-that-little/) [B. J. Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-penn/) > [It does blow me away, though, when I see Werdum just got the belt at 37 and then you see Mark Hunt still fighting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-penn/it-does-blow-me-away-though-when-i-see-werdum-just-got-the-belt-at-37/) [B. J. Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-penn/) > [I don't know where that thought came from and I don't know why I had that thought, but I thought I was the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-penn/i-don-t-know-where-that-thought-came-from-and-i-don-t-know-why-i-had/) [B. J. Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-penn/) > [I'd like to fight welterweight and lightweight at the same time if I could.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-penn/i-d-like-to-fight-welterweight-and-lightweight-at-the-same-time-if-i/) [B. J. Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-penn/) > [My best moment in the UFC, I guess now that I look back, I guess my biggest accomplishment is the two belts in two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-penn/my-best-moment-in-the-ufc-i-guess-now-that-i-look-back-i-guess-my/) [B. J. Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-penn/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/started-fighting/b-j-penn/#itemlist", "name": "1 Started Fighting Quotes By B. J. Penn", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I first started fighting, I thought I was God's gift to fighting.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "B. J. 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