Wrestling Quotes by Aljamain Sterling

I think flyweight has always been exciting.

— Aljamain Sterling

It's the fight game. I'm ready for everything.

— Aljamain Sterling

Petr Yan's a tough dude.

— Aljamain Sterling

I'm about fighting the best guys.

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You go out there and say I fight for the UFC, people know exactly what that is.

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I'm too long, I'm too rangy, I can box, I can kick, I can wrestle, I can do jiu-jitsu.

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My whole thing is I can't wait to inspire the next young fighters from my hometown.

— Aljamain Sterling

I always felt like the UFC brass kind of had it out for me.

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I lost as amateur, I lost a bunch of times as a wrestler, and you always come back.

— Aljamain Sterling

I think I bring a different flavor to the game, both inside and outside the Octagon.

— Aljamain Sterling

At the end of the day, Cejudo's a tough competitor but I think he's a flyweight.

— Aljamain Sterling

You cant really put a value on the UFC name. That alone has value in itself.

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As history has shown, I don't think the UFC is in the business of doing favors for other people.

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It's MMA, man, the wild, wild west. You can just expect that anything can happen, and that's just where I'm at with…

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If I'm only fighting once or twice a year, that's just not going to be enough to make a dent in the…

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Ideally, I want to get out of the sport at least when I'm 30-31. I don't want to be one of those…

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I mean, I've had fights with random guys, I drove to fights by myself cutting weight, no corners whatsoever. So I've had…

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Whether it's Bellator, OneFC, World Series, whatever, the door's open for me. Financial stability is the most important thing for me.

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My comfortability is always going favor the grappling side, that's the path of least resistance. But, I don't need necessarily need to…

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To be in the UFC and have the name but not the earnings, good for you, you get a hand clasp and…

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Fighters don't just fight. Not the good ones who have long, long success. The guys who make championship runs. The guys who…

— Aljamain Sterling

We're all fighting for a reason. We're not fighting to just fight. There's got to be some type of reward at the…

— Aljamain Sterling

I think they need to start doing cageside weigh-ins again. I think that's the best way to go if you really want…

— Aljamain Sterling

If you go into a negotiating room and are like, 'Well I was on the same card as Conor McGregor, so maybe…

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Do you think the UFC is going to owe you a favor when you step up on short notice when nobody else…

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Being a wrestler, it can get rough in terms of your mindset, just having that mentality embedded in you where you just…

— Aljamain Sterling

Even when I teach my MMA classes in the gym, it's hard to teach what I do. It's more of state of…

— Aljamain Sterling

If you're a UFC guy, if you're a company guy, if the company likes you, they're gonna do the right thing, in…

— Aljamain Sterling

Jose Aldo's a legend. He accomplished many great things in his lifetime.

— Aljamain Sterling

If you don't know what the hell the martial arts are, why are you a judge?

— Aljamain Sterling

I've got personality. And I can actually fight. I think that combination alone sells.

— Aljamain Sterling

I fight for people's entertainment, but at the same time that entertainment comes at a cost.

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I've been the captain of my wrestling team, my college team, so to me, I've been in that leadership role for a…

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If you're a top 10 guy you should pay a top 10 guy or even a top 5 guy what he deserves,…

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What many fans don't realize with fighters, this is our job. But at the same time outside of this, we have regular…

— Aljamain Sterling

If we're just going to have contenders fighting just to fight, that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Then I might…

— Aljamain Sterling

I almost want to ask the judges, 'If you don't count leg kicks, if you don't count body kicks, why not?' So…

— Aljamain Sterling

MMA is not one of those up and down basketball seasons where you have a ton of games and you can still…

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