Dan Hardy

I'm never gonna retire. Never ever.

— Dan Hardy

I'm to the point. That's how I am.

— Dan Hardy

Ian McCall is not a guy to look past.

— Dan Hardy

I love my analyst job.

— Dan Hardy

I train so hard during training camp.

— Dan Hardy

I'm always looking at finishing a fight.

— Dan Hardy

I love the UFC. I'm a huge fan.

— Dan Hardy

I like Alpha male footballers.

— Dan Hardy

Confidence is so important, and that's entirely a mental construct.

— Dan Hardy

I never really had any doubt that Paul Daley would KO Dustin Hazelett.

— Dan Hardy

John Wayne Parr is one of the best to ever do it.

— Dan Hardy

Every time I step in the octagon I'm supposed to lose.

— Dan Hardy

I'm a fighter that put on a shirt and tie and did a grown-up's job.

— Dan Hardy

Outside the Octagon, outside training, I'm really not an aggressive person at all.

— Dan Hardy

The idea of going in and living on a retreat in the Amazon sounded real nice.

— Dan Hardy

I have dedicated my heart and soul to sport for many years.

— Dan Hardy

I'm a lifelong martial artist and to have an arena to test my skills is essential for me.

— Dan Hardy

I can see why the UFC would picture me as being a bit problematic, because I do say what I think.

— Dan Hardy

“I might lack in technicality, I might lack in strength, but there's no quit in me….I don't give up.”

— Dan Hardy

I'll pick people apart and smile at them in the process. When I fight, you know it's going to be exciting.

— Dan Hardy

When my brain switches to fight mode and there is talk of opponents, then I change a little and become a little…

— Dan Hardy

The most important thing is to eat regularly. You need to stabilise your blood sugar levels so you're body's not struggling for…

— Dan Hardy

I don't think I'd want my kids to watch Diego Sanchez. He shows heart, but the reason he shows heart is because…

— Dan Hardy

At school, my aggression in sport often got me in trouble. I was even kicked off the rugby team for getting into…

— Dan Hardy

I might be mouthy, but I'm never going to be mistreating a woman, a female employee - I would never. Anyone that's…

— Dan Hardy

I love boxing but one of the reasons I struggle with it is because I can't easily connect with a fighter who…

— Dan Hardy

I used to stop people in muay Thai with body shots, especially if they'd been talking a lot of trash, because then…

— Dan Hardy

I've seen a lot of tapes of Markham. He is an attacking fighter, he's got power in both hands and strikes powerfully.…

— Dan Hardy

I have a very realistic perspective on the sport, I think. The danger of guys sitting in the armchair and criticising is…

— Dan Hardy

I think Oliveira is a horrible fight for everybody in the lightweight division, just because he bookends everybody's skills with really good…

— Dan Hardy

I trained with Shaolin monks in China and I faced a lot of limitations I had to get over. I got hurt,…

— Dan Hardy

I never intended on fighting past a UFC contract. When I was on that four-fight losing streak, and I was considering stepping…

— Dan Hardy

I would much rather be dealing with a knee injury than a serious concussion.

— Dan Hardy

Sport is about turning losing situations into winning ones. That's how you stay on top.

— Dan Hardy

Intellect is invaluable in the sporting arena.

— Dan Hardy

Lyoto Machida and Chuck Liddell are both strikers, but vastly different in style.

— Dan Hardy

Martial Arts will always be part of my life.

— Dan Hardy

I owe nobody anything. I'm beholden to nobody.

— Dan Hardy

I'm not going to be beaten on reach by many people.

— Dan Hardy

Mixed martial arts is about graft, it's about having to work hard on all your skills.

— Dan Hardy