Born Quote by Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

I've been training in martial arts since I was a baby running around the school. Everything from wrestling to muay thai. I started wrestling…

— Frank Mir

We moved to the city when I was 7, and the lack of exercise made me frustrated. I started fighting with my sisters, and…

— Cesar Millan

I started training judo when I was 5 years old. I didn't know much. My mom just took me and my brother to do…

— Demian Maia

The mentality that I have now comes from my parents, both of whom were judo fighters and they were very competitive.

— Evan Fournier

I took boxing classes and karate when I was young.

— J. R. Ramirez

Both of my parents were judo fighters from the national team. So I've always been around fighters my whole childhood.

— Evan Fournier

My father is a Japanese Shotokan karate master, so I have been training karate with my family since I was three years old. I…

— Lyoto Machida

I've been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.

— Jet Li

I used to do martial arts when I was a kid but I stopped when I was pretty young.

— Isa Briones

I've been doing martial arts since I was 15.

— Dillon Danis

I've been a martial artist since I was a kid. It's basically who I am.

— Dillon Danis

I did martial arts and karate for eight years when I was growing up.

— Antony Starr