Quotes from Henry Cejudo

I'm ready for anybody. If it's John Dodson, if it's Demetrious Johnson, if it's Joseph Benavidez, I'm ready for whichever one, whoever wants a piece of me.

Sometimes when you think something is shiny and gold, it tends to be rusted and bronze, but that's just the way it is, man.

If you think you're higher than UFC, if you think you're better than all the other fighters, then maybe you should get pulled.

In the year 2013, I fought six times. I fought four times in two-and-a-half months.

M.M.A. is growing, and it's a basic wrestling sport. A lot of fighters are ex-wrestlers. A lot of guys take the easy way out, make quick money.

I'm actually really good friends with Gray Maynard.

I actually won the Copper Gloves in Arizona.

I speak three languages. I'm pretty handsome myself.

There's not too many times in life do you get a chance at redemption.

To beat Henry Cejudo, you might have to bring an AK-47 and a couple dudes.

My goal is to become a world champion.

I would meet Tim Elliott at 135. At heavyweight if he wanted.

I want to fight Tim Elliott. I want to fight him.

Why call out the champion in my first title defense? Because that's who Henry Cejudo is.

Being humbled is a good thing.

I'm an Olympic champ. I defeated Demetrious Johnson. I defeated T. J. Dillashaw. You think a World Series of Fighting former champ is gonna scare me?

I've been the best in the world, and I believe my self worth, it's more important to me than my net worth.

I know success; I've done it, but success is not what everyone thinks it is. It's only a tool and a platform for a greater message. That's where my nickname 'The Messenger' comes from. The UFC and a world title are a platform for something greater. For a bigger purpose.

I think I have all tools in the world to beat anybody at 125 pounds. I really do.

I have a purpose and a meaning in life, and I have to fulfill that. Being a champion is great, but more importantly than that, you get to be an inspiration and a role model to other people.

I'm a fighter now. I'm officially a mixed martial artist. I'm not a wrestler no more.

A wrestler loves to compete. At the end of the day, a wrestler just wants to compete.

When I think of a world class wrestler, I think of Mo Lawal.

I started competing on boxing, so I have my hands. I'm an O.K. wrestler, so why not?