Beginning Quote by Joseph Benavidez

If you're fighting for any other reason than wanting to be the best in the sport, then you're not going to make it.

— Chris Eubank Jr

I wasn't fighting because I was a sportsman. I was fighting because I had no other way. I didn't have a career. I was…

— Frank Shamrock

There's no reason to be involved in the sport if I'm not going to fight to my best ability.

— Johny Hendricks

Fighting is still not a sport for me.

— B. J. Penn

I had no idea if I could fight when I first started. My first four amateur fights, I had never even been punched in…

— Justin Gaethje

I've fought nothing but the best.

— Jeremy Stephens

You're only as good as your last fight. It's just the way things are. It's the way that the sport is built.

— Andre Ward

Fighting was the only way I felt self-worth, with people thinking I was the best.

— Joseph Benavidez

I didn't need to take any fight for the last 10 years. But I've always fought the best and I've always wanted to prove…

— Bernard Hopkins

Fighting is different than other sports because you're not competing as regularly.

— Michael Bisping

In the beginning, fighting was fun - I wasn't concerned with the outcome. At some point, I started training out of fear and anger.…

— Forrest Griffin

You have to remember, I had come from a pretty hard life. There was all this abuse and everything else, so the idea of…

— Frank Shamrock