B. J. Penn

I'm a fan of everybody, I respect everyone.

— B. J. Penn

I love my life. But I love fighting more.

— B. J. Penn

I separate my family life from fighting.

— B. J. Penn

I just love the fighting.

— B. J. Penn

This is my wife. MMA is my wife. For life.

— B. J. Penn

I don't want to be a shell of my former self.

— B. J. Penn

I don't want any freebie fights.

— B. J. Penn

I have my own morals I live by.

— B. J. Penn

I guess being a competitor, you always have that itch. But what it is is... it's tough.

— B. J. Penn

The UFC is martial arts and it's all about technique.

— B. J. Penn

2017 is going to be the biggest year for martial arts in the history of the Earth.

— B. J. Penn

I'm not a great athlete that can play any sport. But one thing I could always do is... fight back.

— B. J. Penn

Keith Kizer doesn't want to look anyone in the eye.

— B. J. Penn

That's the mark of a man, just keeping your head up, right? Not taking the easy way out.

— B. J. Penn

It doesn't do me any good to train for three months, and I don't get to fight.

— B. J. Penn

As far as Mike Dolce goes, I would never hire him again for anything.

— B. J. Penn

I would never take a fight with someone to one-up someone else. You know, you do things because you want to do…

— B. J. Penn

You can't make everyone happy no matter what. All I can do is live my life and try to be successful and…

— B. J. Penn

I don't know where that thought came from and I don't know why I had that thought, but I thought I was…

— B. J. Penn

I don't miss a three-month training camp. I don't miss fight week. But I do miss being the baddest man on the…

— B. J. Penn

I do get pumped up about it when I go different places and people are like 'come on! You gotta fight again!…

— B. J. Penn

I definitely like the rubber guard. I always try to use it, especially when I'm just grappling or at the gym.

— B. J. Penn

Jiu jitsu is a great art for self-defense. But jiu jitsu alone won't get you to a world championship in the UFC…

— B. J. Penn

I think I could do good against some of the top welterweights. Yeah, pretty big guys, but you gotta live some times,…

— B. J. Penn

It isn't always the funnest feeling, sparring three days a week, getting punched in the face at 38 years old, it might…

— B. J. Penn

It does blow me away, though, when I see Werdum just got the belt at 37 and then you see Mark Hunt…

— B. J. Penn

It is not constantly in my head that I am a champion or a UFC fighter. I forget about that. It is…

— B. J. Penn

There's just something about BJ Penn that gets people amped up. You don't know what's going to happen but something is going…

— B. J. Penn

Hawaiians are mellow people, but we all live on an island so we see each other all the time. So like you…

— B. J. Penn

Mixed martial arts, UFC, or what have you, I don't think it has anything to do with rankings. It doesn't have to…

— B. J. Penn

You look at somebody like Frankie Edgar and you think, 'oh, that little guy,' this and that. But these guys, they want…

— B. J. Penn

Some guys are athletes and some guys are fighters. But, whether I look down on that or not, they're just out there…

— B. J. Penn

I want to leave a mark in this sport.

— B. J. Penn

I never even thought I would be in the UFC.

— B. J. Penn

I should have never fought at 145.

— B. J. Penn

I think I should stay retired.

— B. J. Penn

As life goes on, life just gets harder.

— B. J. Penn

I wish I owned the UFC, you know?

— B. J. Penn

Dennis Siver, he's a tough guy.

— B. J. Penn

Fighting is still not a sport for me.

— B. J. Penn