Being Quote by Josh Barnett

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

— Michael Bisping

Some fighters think they're athletes and it's a sport. I know I'm athletic, but I'm a fighter first.

— Cody Garbrandt

You can fight based on a strong mind, based on developing your muscles and reflexes, training your motor functions and going back again. Having…

— Bruce Frantzis

In MMA it's a lot less intimidating because it's not like you get one shot at a title every four years. You get a…

— Ronda Rousey

I got into MMA because I wanted to show my kids that they could be an athlete, that they could push themselves in whatever…

— Travis Browne

I really don't look at it as a real sport because anybody can come into MMA and learn that. You can learn that.

— Adrien Broner

I've always seen the Olympics as a place where you could act out your differences on the athletic field with a sense of sportsmanship…

— Andrew Young

Fighting at the Olympics has been my lifelong dream, and I cannot believe I am there now.

— Katie Taylor

I realized that if you want to be a fighter, you have to become an athlete.

— Marlon Vera

The mentality that I have now comes from my parents, both of whom were judo fighters and they were very competitive.

— Evan Fournier

The two sports are as different as Ping-Pong and rugby. In boxing, you don’t know what’s going to happen. In wrestling, it’s already prearranged.…

— Mickey Rourke

Whatever the fighting is - boxing, fighting, Judo, Thai boxing, it's how much you know doing that. Some people just know how some people…

— Channing Tatum