Quotes from Roy Nelson

I only fight clean fighters. I'll fight anybody in the UFC that's clean. Or dirty. Or clean.

Just go out there against the best fighters in the world and see where I stand. That's what I want.

I think what it is, is that fighters have become business people. I actually love what I'm doing. When you're a business person, sometimes you think of it as, 'Ah, it's work.' I love what I do, but then, on the other end, some guys do this as a living.

I think just more that it's okay for fighters to have a self-esteem. I think I've kind of shown that that's okay. And as long as you put the hard work in, you can accomplish anything.

If you paid me $2 million, I'm sure I could lose my belly. But I don't get paid to look a certain way. I get paid to win fights. That's what I concentrate on.

Stupid can't fix stupid.

I came to a terrifying place in my life where I knew I was hopeless. My only hope was to change....or die.

The thing is that anybody in the heavyweight division can be champion any day just because of one punch.

I think Lesnar could probably beat Fedor, just from pure size.

If you go into 'The Ultimate Fighter' and you're just gonna go in there to get just one fight and win... the premise is to win the whole thing. When I went in, I wanted to win the thing or be cut.

I don't care if I win or lose; I know I'm going to give 110%, and I'm going to hold my head high at the end of the day.

MMA is all about putting on a show and entertaining the fans, and that's the one thing I've known from the get-go.

The one thing about the heavyweight division or, actually, just being in the UFC, anybody can win, and anybody can lose. You're competing with the best in the world.

The one thing about working with Scott Coker - I've never heard a bad thing about Scott Coker. And that means a lot, especially in our sport.

The one thing that always sucks about me is that I'm just a fighter, and I just love to fight.

It all comes down to money. If the money is right, I'll fight anybody, any time. I'll hit my grandma in the face if the price is right.

Everybody hates a whiner.

If Dana White said he wanted to fight heavyweight, everybody would watch that fight tomorrow just because they want to watch Dana get beat up or win or whatever it is.

I think with every heavyweight, there's a style that makes for a different fight with different fighters.

All I know is that Stipe gave me inspiration because if Stipe can be that UFC champion, and they actually gave him a title shot, then I'm like, 'Ah, I do have a chance.'

We're in this business to make money, but then nobody wants to talk about how much money we're making. That's serious, but nobody will talk about it.

To me, everything is a joke in MMA when it comes to serious topics because you can't really talk seriously about anything in our business.

I'm usually looking to wrestle and grapple, but I guess the knockouts just happen.

A good wrestler, with good jiu jitsu and great boxing, can beat Fedor.