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Michael Chandler

(1986) Television Actor United States

107 quotes in 362 categories

Michael Chandler describes himself as a shooter, not an upper‑body wrestler, and says he prefers fights that end with a finish. He notes that success makes him train harder, not complacent, and he carries a piece of Missouri with him wherever he goes. He also says life is too short to complain about small things.

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Michael Chandler is a television actor from the United States, best known for Changing Conceptions of Psychological Life.

Quick Facts About Michael Chandler

Born: April 24, 1986
Nationality: United States
Profession: Television Actor
Notable works: Changing Conceptions of Psychological Life

About Michael Chandler

Michael Chandler Jr. is an American professional mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). From 2010 to 2020 he fought for Bellator MMA, where he became a three‑time Bellator Lightweight Champion and won the Bellator Season Four Lightweight Tournament. He has also challenged for the UFC Lightweight Championship.

Quotes by Michael Chandler

Derek Campos is really tough.

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I didn't even drink in college.

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College

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I train my butt off every single day.

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My goal is to win and to finish fights quickly.

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I eat about every three to four hours.

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My wrestling's always better than most people's.

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I got a wife and a son I have to fight for.

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Fight

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I look after two people - my wife and my son.

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I pretty much just train... and go to church on Sundays.

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Catholic

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It's OK to have a little bit of pride in yourself.

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Brandon Girtz is a tough man who can really throw the leather, but I'm on a different level.

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I've been blessed so much in my own life and I want to spread that blessing to others who need it.

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Blessed

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I was never an upper body wrestler. I am a shooter.

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Body

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I'm not who I am without the organization of Bellator.

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I do love the outdoor. Love love the outdoors, fishing and hunting and that kind of thing.

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Fishing

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Hard work pays off if you're patient enough to see it through.

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I do have some unfinished business with Josh Thomson. I think that's a fight fans want to see, it's a fight Bellator…

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Business

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I'm just blessed that fighting was an option. Now I'm doing it and I love it. I thank God every day that…

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Blessed

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I never focus on my opponent - I focus more on myself: knowing what my strengths are, where I can take the…

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Fight

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I'm going to stash up my cash and invest in real estate. I want to be set up for the end of…

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Benson Henderson is a professional; he's a champion. He knows how to handle himself in the cage and he knows how to…

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Champion

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When people talk about the lightweight division they will probably mention my name a little bit. Whether they believe I don't deserve…

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You have to believe that you deserve great things. You have to believe that you deserve to win each fight that you're…

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There are a lot of people who don't believe I deserve to be recognized as one of the top-10 best and I…

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You see it from my area, from any area, really, so many who want to be great and have the drive, but…

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Blessed

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Life throws you curveballs and there are things that happen - you don't understand why they happened at the time. But then…

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Somebody with a huge brand like Bellator under an even huger brand like Viacom, to have them put their faith in me,…

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I love Scott Coker and I love Bellator and I love what we have built together and it's a little uneasy to…

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Bellator has taken care of me, and I've taken care of them. It's been the perfect storm of a symbiotic relationship -…

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Greener on the other side

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Finishing a guy like Benson Henderson, who hasn't been finished since for six years, the guy doesn't get finished and I finished…

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There's still times I wish I could throw on the black and gold singlet and go out there in the Hearnes Center…

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College

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For as long as I can remember, our family has been huge Cardinals fans. My grandpa is a personal friend of Whitey…

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Baseball

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Integrity eclipses image.

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Eclipse

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Obviously, as a young, young, hungry fighter, I'd like to be fighting three or four times a year.

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Fighter

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At first I thought, beer's nasty. Then I found IPAs. They're delicious.

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Beer

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I'm happy with the life I'm making for my wife and son. That's the most important thing.

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I want to build a brand that inspires as many people as I possibly can.

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I just try to keep the main thing the main thing: getting my butt in the gym.

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If fighting ever got in the way of my marriage, you'd see me sacrifice my career.

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My body is durable, my body is able to withstand a lot of practices, a lot of punishment.

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Michael Chandler by topic

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