Brian Ortega

As much as I dream, I have nightmares.

— Brian Ortega

I want to help make the world a better place.

— Brian Ortega

I don't like getting comfortable.

— Brian Ortega

I'm dangerous because I have nothing to lose.

— Brian Ortega

My fifth pro fight, I got my first title fight.

— Brian Ortega

Sometimes I wish I could just fight at 155 pounds.

— Brian Ortega

Sometimes, the best response is no response.

— Brian Ortega

I've been in so many street fights.

— Brian Ortega

I want to secure my name. I'll fight who I have to fight for the belt.

— Brian Ortega

That's always been my problem - the lack of fear in some situations.

— Brian Ortega

The weight of the world on my shoulders was something that I had to let go.

— Brian Ortega

Sometimes it takes me a little longer to kick into my gears.

— Brian Ortega

My whole thing is I don't want to break mentally. I want to find comfort in uncomfortable situations.

— Brian Ortega

I liked to pretend a lot. I thought I could be anything that I wanted.

— Brian Ortega

For me, I'm just me. That's what I realized the best thing to be is.

— Brian Ortega

I want to go out and help people and share love where love is needed.

— Brian Ortega

It doesn't matter that I'm taking a fight on a month's notice. I've taken many fights on two seconds' notice.

— Brian Ortega

I got to share the Octagon with Clay Guida. I got to share the Octagon with Cub Swanson. Now I'm going to…

— Brian Ortega

There's always a way to pull back and discredit ourselves, but once you just shut that out and start doing it, you…

— Brian Ortega

Nobody expected me to finish Cub Swanson the way I did. When you see something like that, even I say, 'You're finally…

— Brian Ortega

As a pro, in the beginning, I had to sell tickets to get paid. So you gotta be a hustler, and you…

— Brian Ortega

I very strongly dislike fear. I always say fear keeps us from living our lives and doing the things we want to…

— Brian Ortega

There's little windows that open up during the fight, to finish your opponent. Whenever those windows open, I'm jumping right through them…

— Brian Ortega

A lot of people think they need the best training partners, the best gym. I started with Vans, Jack in the Box,…

— Brian Ortega

Put on a camera and put on some whatever, and you're an actor. Put me in a cage, I'm a fighter. Put…

— Brian Ortega

What's that song? It says, 'Everything that you do will come back to you in your sweet time?' That's why I still…

— Brian Ortega

It's a little weird: you're headlining a show on TV, and obviously, people like to associate that with material things. I drive…

— Brian Ortega

A lot of people have these fancy facilities, these fancy training atmospheres, high-tech this and that... I believe it's about the fighter…

— Brian Ortega

When I go in to fight week, I go, 'Maybe I'm going to be that guy on the highlight reel that gets…

— Brian Ortega

I don't look like a fighter. I like it, though, because it just allows me to be in the position I am…

— Brian Ortega

I was blessed to be able to be born here. My dad crossed. My dad illegally went through the border and was…

— Brian Ortega

My house was a revolving door. You walk in, you walk out, you get whatever you can eat, you leave, you go…

— Brian Ortega

All glory to God. I'm nothing.

— Brian Ortega

All I do is just live in the gym.

— Brian Ortega

I better be humble. I'm always checking myself.

— Brian Ortega

I can take care of myself.

— Brian Ortega

Fighting is great, but I can't do it forever.

— Brian Ortega

Fighting was a problem for me in high school.

— Brian Ortega

For me, I love doing what is said can't be done.

— Brian Ortega

Helping people that are down and out is all I've ever wanted to do.

— Brian Ortega