Quotes from Roy Nelson

Some athletes can master two sports, but most are only good at one.

There's a difference between business acquaintances and friends. I consider a friend any time we eat together at the same restaurant, or he's eaten at my house, or I've eaten at his house.

I guess there's a showmanship in fighting.

I'm always looking ahead, not backwards.

I always want to fight for the belt. I don't really care.

Conor McGregor has a beard because of me, because I'm the one who allowed it. If it wasn't for me, none of these guys would have a beard. The same thing with the belly. Fighters who don't look like bodybuilders wouldn't be in the UFC if it wasn't for me. There's a lot of things I've definitely paved the road for.

Do I want a shot at the belt? Yes, of course I do. Put it this way: I am Barry Sanders on the Detroit Lions. You love to watch me, but you'll never see me play in the Super Bowl. It's just one of those things. It's about politics. It's not about fighting.

I really enjoyed playing rugby. I loved the camaraderie with the other athletes. It was kind of like fighting. Team fighting.

For me, the biggest thing with Overeem, he's a K-1 champ, Strikeforce champ, DREAM champ, you name it. He's had every belt in there.

With boxing, sometimes you'll watch the first three rounds, then you'll change the channel and turn it back in the 10th round. With MMA, you have to watch all 15 minutes. You'll want to watch every second.

I always thought the best part about sports was the bigger, faster kids who were supposed to be more athletic than me - I always beat.

What's wrong with being a two-sport athlete? You've got Deion Sanders. You've got Bo Jackson. You've got Michael Jordan; he wasn't a very good baseball player. There's nothing wrong with crossing over.

I just want to be agreeable; I want to be a pleaser. And that's all I want to do. I want to please the fans or the haters. One or the other.

I've coached UFC champions and stuff before I ever started fighting.

If you can't beat me, you need to get some new coaches or something.

I've never had any complaints about my coaching ability.

I'm more than a fighter and not just a pretty face.

You'd prefer to fight somebody that you really would rather derail their whole career.

I think I'd probably shine really well in a team sport, but as everybody knows, I don't handle politics very well. A lot of team sports has a lot of politics. Individual sports, it's all about me.

I'm just a fat guy.

Do I have fat cells on my body? Everybody has fat cells. Do I have more than most other athletes? Probably.

I'm not surprised to be the coach on 'The Ultimate Fighter.'

Anybody that was from the old Pride days is a fighter.

I'm not a UFC athlete. I'm a UFC fighter.