Dan Hooker

You want to fight people that get you excited.

— Dan Hooker

I'm 6-foot with a vicious hook.

— Dan Hooker

I make nails looks soft.

— Dan Hooker

I don't want to be known as a good loser.

— Dan Hooker

I'm not that easy to rile up.

— Dan Hooker

I chose to do this sport because I love it.

— Dan Hooker

You're always frustrated after a loss.

— Dan Hooker

Don't get me wrong, I'm a terrible loser.

— Dan Hooker

Providing for my family is something I cannot pass on.

— Dan Hooker

This is just a nasty, nasty sport but it's a perfect storm for me because I'm a nasty man.

— Dan Hooker

If the ultimate goal is to be the best fighter in the world, you have to be in UFC.

— Dan Hooker

When you're not in the UFC, you think getting into the UFC is everything.

— Dan Hooker

The UFC pay me my money because they know I'll go out there and fight for it.

— Dan Hooker

I don't go out there to win rounds. I'm going out there and I'm setting up a finish.

— Dan Hooker

Fighting is a mixture of thinking and your reactions, a balance.

— Dan Hooker

Fight week you're going to eat the same thing, that's a standard thing regardless of weight.

— Dan Hooker

The mistake a lot of people make in that they think they're made of papier-mache. They take a loss and they're like,…

— Dan Hooker

There's two ways to get paid in this sport, fighting for a belt or fighting with Conor McGregor.

— Dan Hooker

Nothing is infinite in this sport, it's constantly in flow and in motion, so you have to keep up with the time.

— Dan Hooker

I feel I came into the UFC pretty underdeveloped. I was learning and growing and developing as a fighter in front of…

— Dan Hooker

I feel like pressuring me, taking a shot, giving it, taking a shot, giving a shot is just not the way to…

— Dan Hooker

I know for a fact, win or lose, I'm going on another trip to the hospital if I fight Tony Ferguson.

— Dan Hooker

Long before the UFC, I was a fan of Mark Hunt. To me, he was a big star before he stepped foot…

— Dan Hooker

We're here to entertain and I'm lucky that my style is suited to what people want and how people want to be…

— Dan Hooker

That's the real motivating factor to go down to featherweight, is that I didn't want to tread water at lightweight. You want…

— Dan Hooker

That's the great thing about a sport like fighting: It's on you. You have the ability to make the changes, to get…

— Dan Hooker

I look at Gaethje, I look at Poirier, I look at Ferguson and I look at Khabib. I watch their fights, I…

— Dan Hooker

I want to be a contender, I want to be competing against guys at the top, I want to fight the prospects,…

— Dan Hooker

You have to decide: Do you wanna be known as a tough, exciting fighter that goes out there and puts on great…

— Dan Hooker

I quit my job when I got a contract with Legend FC paying me $1000 to fight. Before that, I was 3-3…

— Dan Hooker

You can look at mixed martial arts and you can look at the way the teams and the best gyms in the…

— Dan Hooker

I feel like as soon as I have the mental attitude that I'm the best fighter in the world, it's a sure…

— Dan Hooker

No one has a good chin. That's a myth.

— Dan Hooker

You want to fight people that have heaps of momentum.

— Dan Hooker

Whether I'm winning, whether I'm losing, I'm setting up a finish.

— Dan Hooker

I was playing both rugbys, I would just jump into any sport. I just loved sport.

— Dan Hooker

I'm not here to have the veteran vs. veteran fights. I'm here to be the best.

— Dan Hooker

I need to support my daughter and do what's best for her.

— Dan Hooker

I've grown as a fighter in the UFC I don't think like anyone else.

— Dan Hooker

I want to stay active. I want to fight and understands how this sport works.

— Dan Hooker