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Wrestling Quotes by Chris Weidman

49 Wrestling quotes by Chris Weidman

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Chris Weidman keeps a picture of his next opponent on his fridge as a reminder of the fight ahead. He admits he wants a rematch with Mousasi more than anything and says the belt matters because it brings bigger pay. He also jokes about his early days in a tough neighborhood that shaped his fighting spirit.

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Wrestling background, you never talk trash.

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I want to beat people who people think I can't beat.

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I'll never underestimate 'GSP.'

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I wanted to be champion. I know fame comes with that.

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I want a rematch with Mousasi more than anything.

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The only reason I got into MMA was to be the best.

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It's been a dream of mine to fight at MSG.

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Winning the middleweight title was an amazing feeling.

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I think wrestling is the one of the greatest sports there are.

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To become a world champion, to defeat Anderson Silva, to accomplish my goal in one night, it was a super surreal feeling.

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I've kind of grew to enjoy fighting legends that I got into the sport watching and admiring.

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I try to have the same mindset in my practices as I would for my fights.

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Every single time I defended the belt, it was against the best guy in the world.

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I am always in the gym sparring. I look at every fight kind of like a sparring match.

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Boxing, Jiu Jitsu, some good old-fashioned wrestling and plenty of cardio. You name it, it's part of my routine.

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I took my first fight in the UFC on short notice. I took my first big fight against a top-five guy on…

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I want to have the biggest challenges in front of me and conquer them. That's why I wanted to fight Anderson Silva…

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To walk around and people ask me who the champion is in my weight class and I have to say Michael Bisping,…

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I really like Cain Velasquez. I like his pace that he puts on; he is mentally and physically breaking everybody he goes…

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I wanna get myself in such good shape that no matter how much I push myself in a fight, I know that…

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I've beaten Anderson twice, then Lyoto Machida and now Belfort. I'll be proud to have taken down three all-time legends in a…

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When you're so physically and emotionally invested in something - like you have to be in MMA - there's nothing like having…

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I have a Gracie background and a Matt Serra background so I've always used jiu-jitsu but it takes a while to reach…

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Look at the guys I've fought. Anderson Silva. Lyoto Machida. Vitor Belfort. All those guys are much quicker than Luke Rockhold and…

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I've been through so much damn adversity, I've had so much critiqued on me. From being the undefeated world champion to never…

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The thing about mixed martial arts is you have to know every single martial art in the world or you're at a…

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I tried to take every little thing and use it as an advantage. People were asking me how it felt to be…

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When I started and first got to the MMA gym the guys would start and say, 'You're like the All-American kid.' It…

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Getting hit is part of the job. You don't want the first time you're getting punched to be in the fight because…

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I've fought all these top Brazilians. They're all supporting their people, Anderson Silva, they're supporting him. Lyoto Machida, they're all supporting him.…

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I want to fight the best possible people.

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I think the best guys in the world should fight.

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I want to be undefeated for a while and end my career as one of the greatest of all-time.

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Being the guy that ended the run of the greatest fighter ever will always be attached to my name.

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Training is my life. It's all I've known since I was in second grade, when I started wrestling.

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I feel like anyone at middleweight, when I have a full training camp, I'm going to go out there and finish them.…

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My ultimate goal was always that I want to be known as one of the greatest of all time. The first step…

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The first thing I do when I book a fight is I go to the Internet and I print out a picture…

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To win the belt from Bisping, the hardest problem for me would be to train hard for him because he stinks. I'm…

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I'm going to win the belt at middleweight and I'm going to go up to 205 and win the belt there after…

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You don't want to fix things that aren't broken, so that kind of stops you from make changes.

A lot of these players, if you listen to the Islanders or the Rangers, they get interviewed in the locker room right after the…

I want a rematch with Mousasi more than anything.

We have a lot of great stars and so many different things, some of the other countries don't have that. So when they get…

I think there's times where I'm introverted, and there's times where I'm extroverted.

Keeping my focus on what's important - inside the Octagon and out - is never lost on me.

I feel like smaller countries, other countries, they cheer, they support their people no matter what. We need to get a little bit more…

When I've trained as hard as I possibly can through training camp and I come to the end, where my body is worn out…

To win the belt from Bisping, the hardest problem for me would be to train hard for him because he stinks. I'm just kidding,…

Coming off all my wins I had a lot of criticism.

The first thing I do when I book a fight is I go to the Internet and I print out a picture of the…

I grew up in a rough neighborhood, so I fought a lot. Even when I was wrestling, if I lost a match, I always…

My 'if it's not broken, don't fix it' type attitude might have held me back and made me complacent.

My training varies so much. There's no such thing as a typical day.

People gotta realize as a fighter you want to become a champion because you get paid way more money. So the belt is very…