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Matt Mitrione

(1978) American Football Player

97 quotes in 305 categories

Matt Mitrione is an American football player.

Quick Facts About Matt Mitrione

Born: July 15, 1978
Profession: American Football Player

About Matt Mitrione

[Wikidata] American mixed martial artist and American football player... | [Wikipedia] Matt Mitrione is an American retired mixed martial artist and former American football player, who competed for both the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), and most recently for Bellator MMA. Prior to embarking on an MMA career, Mitrione played college football at Purdue University, and he turned

Quotes by Matt Mitrione · Page 3

I just don't like Overeem. I'd like to see him lose. I don't like him as a human being... He is a…

Arrogant

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I don't like passivity being rewarded in a fight sport.

Being

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My entire life path is to become a better father and to become better to the people that are involved in my…

Better

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Everybody wants to be liked, and if you're saying otherwise, you're lying.

Everybody

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Kimbo's a really good dude, man. He's a family man, cares about his children, loves life.

Children

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I compete. I live to compete and to be a father.

Compete

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I don't know any other way - except for finishing fights with exclamation points. It's not something I do intentionally. It's who…

Finishing

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I fight for the competition, not because I'm a blood-thirsty savage.

Because

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This is probably not going to resonate as well, overall but the secret to the fight game is giving a punch and…

Distance

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Honestly, I'd rather be loved or hated than forgotten about, so I don't mind my own personality coming out and having completely…

Face

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I'm afraid of not being as good as I could possibly be. I'm not afraid to go through setbacks to achieve the…

Accomplish

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I was slicing sweet potatoes. A mandoline slicer popped my thumb right off. About a minute later, I looked on the floor,…

Looking

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I only get punched in the face for money. I don't wear big gloves. I don't go sparring. I'm saving my brain…

Brain

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It sucks to say it but you have to lose in order to learn some times. You just have to.

Learn

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It's a lot of fun to get in there and test yourself out against another human being that wants to punch your…

Fun

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Pat Barry is a hell of a good friend of mine.

Friend

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The thing is, the UFC has become bigger than the sport, and what's bad about that is so many people want to…

Bad

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I'd rather fight in a field than a phone booth.

Field

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As a promoter of myself and my own brand, I speak very freely and even recklessly about my fighting because I feel…

Feel

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I was absolutely disappointed, but I got injured and football was done with me and that's what it was. I was good…

Body

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I don't take a whole lot of damage as a fighter, but it happened in football.

Fighter

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Fighting and beating a legend like Kharitonov is a major accomplishment in anybody's career.

Accomplishment

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I went to work in corporate America. I designed benefits packages and sold them to companies.

America

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I can't hit mits, because I think so much about mits that I screw up all my timing.

I think

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The sexier a fight is for me, the more I want to do it.

Fight

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