Rafael dos Anjos

Brazil is on my side.

— Rafael dos Anjos

I'm a big fan of Georges St-Pierre.

— Rafael dos Anjos

I was tested against the best.

— Rafael dos Anjos

I fight because I like challenges.

— Rafael dos Anjos

I'm looking to make history.

— Rafael dos Anjos

Eddie Alvarez, man, he's a tough guy.

— Rafael dos Anjos

I wouldn't be where I am without Evolve.

— Rafael dos Anjos

I'm a calm-headed fighter. I do my job.

— Rafael dos Anjos

I just have to go out and fight my fight and fight to win.

— Rafael dos Anjos

I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.

— Rafael dos Anjos

The future is out of my hands; it is in God's.

— Rafael dos Anjos

I think money comes and goes. What comes easy goes easy.

— Rafael dos Anjos

I talk the truth. I don't trash talk, I just talk the truth.

— Rafael dos Anjos

When I was 16 years old, I weighed 176 pounds.

— Rafael dos Anjos

I don't want to fight anybody that just wants to hold you and try and eat the time.

— Rafael dos Anjos

Everything I want to do in my life, I want to be at the top.

— Rafael dos Anjos

We have a lot of Brazilians in the United States. It doesn't mean we're traitors to our country.

— Rafael dos Anjos

The way I train, the way I spar, I'm out of my comfort zone every single day, and you can see the…

— Rafael dos Anjos

Everybody needs money, but I'm a fighter. For what I make, I'm happy with what I make. The money is not everything;…

— Rafael dos Anjos

I think things will come once I get the respect that I deserve. Keeping my belt for a long time... Things will…

— Rafael dos Anjos

People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they…

— Rafael dos Anjos

People treat you one way when you're champion, but when you're not the champion, everything changes. People treat you different.

— Rafael dos Anjos

When you put the pressure on yourself, it's not good. If you fight afraid to lose, you wind up not fighting that…

— Rafael dos Anjos

What made me move up to welterweight was all the effort I was doing, to look at my health and have a…

— Rafael dos Anjos

I get paid the same money if I'm fighting on pay-per-view or on Fight Pass, and Fight Pass is just getting started.…

— Rafael dos Anjos

Power is natural, but it can be improved with a lot of work. It's been something I've focused on for a couple…

— Rafael dos Anjos

I'm under contract. Whatever the UFC asks, I have to do because they are my bosses and they treat me very well.…

— Rafael dos Anjos

I want to keep active, so when they called me to fight Nate Diaz, I agreed because I wanted to stay active.…

— Rafael dos Anjos

If you're out for two years, and you beat one guy with a full-time job, without disrespect, but we're talking about fighting…

— Rafael dos Anjos

People say McGregor is tall and all that. He's as tall as I am, or maybe even shorter. He might have a…

— Rafael dos Anjos

I think between 2014 and 2015, I made weight five times in 11 months. During that time, I felt my body change.…

— Rafael dos Anjos

You can promote fights - of course, you have to - you can say 'I'll beat you' or whatever, but you cannot…

— Rafael dos Anjos

You have to respect your opponent.

— Rafael dos Anjos

I don't want to lose what I've won.

— Rafael dos Anjos

I train to be the champion.

— Rafael dos Anjos

I'm confident, motivated.

— Rafael dos Anjos

I do things right. No shortcuts.

— Rafael dos Anjos

I came from the bottom. Now I'm the main event and UFC champion.

— Rafael dos Anjos

Every fight and every loss taught me something.

— Rafael dos Anjos

I still have a lot to do, a lot to improve.

— Rafael dos Anjos