Wrestling Quotes by Forrest Griffin

If it were up to me, I'd be fighting chumps.

— Forrest Griffin

The UFC actually does a lot of charity stuff, but they don't talk about it that much.

— Forrest Griffin

Anyone can get beaten in mixed martial arts. It's the nature of the sport.

— Forrest Griffin

I am not a super-talented guy, I'm just a dude who will fight you tooth and nail.

— Forrest Griffin

Thiago Santos is a guy who can take your belt from you with one punch.

— Forrest Griffin

I'm pretty careful not to make friends with other guys who fight at 205.

— Forrest Griffin

I'm someone who needs goals and direction, and fighting provided that for me.

— Forrest Griffin

You have the belt, you fight who they tell you to fight.

— Forrest Griffin

If you look at UFC champions: BJ Penn - terrifying! GSP - terrifying! Anderson Silva - terrifying! But I'm not terrifying.

— Forrest Griffin

I thought wrestling was the stuff where people jumped off ropes. So that was my experience with wrestling.

— Forrest Griffin

Mental toughness must be developed before you start fighting because you don't want to be that guy who quits in the ring.

— Forrest Griffin

I hate when someone gets the better of me. A Division 1 wrestler comes in and takes me down and I get frustrated.

— Forrest Griffin

My philosophy on getting knocked out is that it renders you unconscious and numb, so why worry about it.

— Forrest Griffin

My fitness philosophy is very different from the UFC fighter fitness philosophy. Mine is to work out in a way that you…

— Forrest Griffin

I like to make people quit. Whether it's because I'm striking them or submitting them, I just want to make them quit.…

— Forrest Griffin

The biggest thing I learned is that when Dana says retire, you should retire. Otherwise, you will blow your knee out before…

— Forrest Griffin

I just love fighting. I know I'm not the best, but I'm still pretty good, there's a lot of people I can…

— Forrest Griffin

I am not the super-submission guy, I am not the one-punch KO guy, so I am not the most feared guy in…

— Forrest Griffin

Look what happened when I fought Anderson Silva. It can't possibly get worse than that. I've already seen the bottom and it…

— Forrest Griffin

I found being a coach in 'The Ultimate Fighter' series hard because I had to care about others. I don't feel a…

— Forrest Griffin

Gay, straight, whatever - none of that actually matters when you're fighting someone. Not what you have in your bank account, what…

— Forrest Griffin

It was weird, I saw the Brian Stann vs. Wanderlei fight, I thought, if I don't have another of those in me,…

— Forrest Griffin

You have to move on with your life at some point. You don't quit fighting, fighting quits you at some point. It's…

— Forrest Griffin

There are two things I want to be able to know when I walk into a fight, or with anything in life.…

— Forrest Griffin

It’s one of those things where when you’re training and fighting, you can’t worry about your bills, your mortgage, did you get…

— Forrest Griffin

If you look at UFC champions: BJ Penn - terrifying! GSP - terrifying! Anderson Silva - terrifying! But I'm not terrifying. I…

— Forrest Griffin

During a fight with Anderson Silva, I slipped on an imaginary banana peel.

— Forrest Griffin

I like listening to Method Man before fighting.

— Forrest Griffin

Some guys are real noble guys, like Rich Franklin or Randy Couture. These guys are just really good people who happen to…

— Forrest Griffin

Nobody goes, 'I'm a top 10 fighter. Well, maybe Top 15. I can beat a lot of guys'... Nobody ever says that.…

— Forrest Griffin

In the grand scheme of things, fighting people in the cage is not that big of a deal, I know. It's not…

— Forrest Griffin

I feel bad for guys in other sports that never work a job. Think about it, most MMA fighters have had to…

— Forrest Griffin