Wrestling Quotes by Johny Hendricks

I've wrestled all my life.

— Johny Hendricks

The toughest fight I've ever had was T. J. Grant.

— Johny Hendricks

GSP can't hide from me forever, you know.

— Johny Hendricks

Every fight, I have to learn something.

— Johny Hendricks

I know how hard I hit, and so do my fans, and so do everyone else in the UFC.

— Johny Hendricks

You take it fight by fight, day by day. That's how I live it. That's how I train.

— Johny Hendricks

I always thought I could be pretty good, and it turns out fighting has made me happy.

— Johny Hendricks

I'm not going to fight unless it's for a belt. Nothing else matters but the belt.

— Johny Hendricks

The most important thing is to win fights. It doesn't matter how you do it.

— Johny Hendricks

I spent a lot of my childhood growing up in Oklahoma, where I wrestled and played baseball.

— Johny Hendricks

I get to fight a tough dude like Koscheck, and then a title shot if I win? It's great.

— Johny Hendricks

In my fights, it's not if I get hit; it's when I get hit.

— Johny Hendricks

The UFC wants to put on shows that the fans want to see, and if the fans want to see you fight…

— Johny Hendricks

I'm going to do everything in my power and train as hard as I can to make sure that 12-pound gold buckle…

— Johny Hendricks

I wrestled at 165 pounds in college. I would actually cut from 205 pounds down to 165, and it wasn't really a…

— Johny Hendricks

I'm done fighting at welterweight. Unless they open up a 175-pound division, I'm moving up to middleweight.

— Johny Hendricks

There's nobody at welterweight I didn't face that I wasn't stronger than. I didn't face anybody that I didn't feel I couldn't…

— Johny Hendricks

It's great to be able to fight in Dallas, but to be the main event for a fight card in Dallas is…

— Johny Hendricks

I didn't enjoy fighting. All I cared about was trying to beat the scale. Once that got to a point where I…

— Johny Hendricks

Growing up wrestling, you get injured, and they expect you back on the mat in a couple weeks unless it's really bad.

— Johny Hendricks

You see a lot of guys who are told they will be the number one contender if they win the fight in…

— Johny Hendricks

The only way to beat Georges St-Pierre, there's two ways: knock him out, or do the same thing he does to everyone…

— Johny Hendricks

The hardest thing is that the people who don't know anything about fighting, they label you. Once they get to know me,…

— Johny Hendricks

I really didn't know If I wanted to pursue the Olympics for wrestling. I didn't know what to do with my life.…

— Johny Hendricks

The best thing that could've happened to me was that I learned a lot in Vegas, but I didn't know how to…

— Johny Hendricks

To be a world champion from Oklahoma is something that really pushes me.

— Johny Hendricks

I just want the belt. That's the only thing that's pushing me, the only thing that's motivating me.

— Johny Hendricks

But after defeating Carlos Condit, I've shown I deserve to have a title shot.

— Johny Hendricks

That's my goal for every fight, is to hit them as hard as I can.

— Johny Hendricks

I can't keep fighting and being the No. 1 contender for years.

— Johny Hendricks

There's no reason to be involved in the sport if I'm not going to fight to my best ability.

— Johny Hendricks

I still believe in my mind I'm the best welterweight in the world.

— Johny Hendricks

I still like fighting, it just got to a point in MMA where it was just another day.

— Johny Hendricks

I've got to keep my name out in the public eye. That's how you get more fans, and the more fans you…

— Johny Hendricks

The wrestling experiences I've had, the understanding I have of my body, that stuff has allowed me to excel.

— Johny Hendricks

I had Jake Ellenberger. I trained very hard for him; then I was able to get Carlos Condit, an excellent fighter. That's…

— Johny Hendricks

I have wrestling. Yes, I do; my background is wrestling. I have knockout power. Just because I don't go out there and…

— Johny Hendricks

Anytime you can be the face of the UFC is so huge, a great honor, and I would do everything I could…

— Johny Hendricks

I see myself as a power puncher, but for some reason, I can never sell myself that I'm one of the elite.

— Johny Hendricks