Quotes from Roy Nelson

Our sport was founded on the tournament.

I just remember I used to go to each tournament to make a couple bucks. I did as a living thing; I got paid to do martial arts, so I'd go to these jiu-jitsu tournaments and make, like, $1000 every time I won the tournament.

Anytime I come to any organization, I have my sights on the belt.

We're in a very individual sport, but they like us not to be so individual. They'd rather have you look like every other cookie cutter guy and have you believe that you're replaceable when you're really not.

I think WWE is a great.

I think the WWE is a great place for professional athletes. Floyd Mayweather did it. Mike Tyson has done it. Even Donald Trump has appeared in the ring.

When I grappled, I never even trained for a grappling match.

Carwin, he seems like he trains for five one-minute rounds. That's his championship fight, apparently.

There's some guys where I'm like, 'I won that fight and only lost because of the judges,' or I got cheated or whatever. I know I'm a better fighter.

On any given day, I know on any given day I can beat anyone else and knock out anyone else out.

That was the best part of the Pride guys - they'd go out and entertain. They'd either get knocked out or knock somebody out; they were always trying to finish the fight.

We handle it from both sides of the coin: from the sport aspect and the entertainment aspect. You gotta have both because we're if not doing solid ratings, we're not going to be on TV.

I've always looked up to Big Nog. He's a legend in the sport and has the mentality that so many fans love, and it's what got me into fighting. He's a man's man and a real fighter.

What brought me to Bellator was Scott Coker, Viacom, and one of my good friends, Mike Kogan.

If you've got a mortgage, and you've got bills to pay, you might tend to do some stupid things.

There are athletes out there trying to get every advantage they can, including things like muscle and low-fat percentages. I feel if I'm the better fighter, I'm the better fighter.

You have all that muscle on you, you're going to get tired. That's why I prefer to be fat.

A lot of people out there are bullies, and they pick on people and call people names. You need to grow up from that, and you need to become a better person.

I made more from sponsorship than I did from fighting. I did that for the longest time.

The only thing that's going to be more epic than Roy Nelson fighting Mark Hunt is Roy Nelson fighting for the belt. Those are two fights that I know fans want to see.

If you're a true MMA fan, you're going to want to have Fight Pass the same way TV and movie fans have Netflix.

I just don't want to be one of those guys that's stuck fighting the same opponents again and again.

I guess everybody is doing a movie thing, so I'm doing the 'Scorpion King 4.' My role in the movie is as one of the king's guards, with a very original name: Roykus. Apparently, back in the day, everybody's name was 'us,' so 'Roy' plus 'us,' and put a little 'k' in there: Roykus. I'm one of the royal guards, and I do my own stunts like Jackie Chan.

If you made the choice to get in there and fight, you have to accept accountability for whatever happens.