Quotes from Benson Henderson

A lot worse things can happen than losing your world title. But I was able to come to terms with it, accept it, be mature about it.

I'm not one of those guys that says something stupid just for the sake of getting more attention.

As long as you're you, be you, do you. But be real.

Being able just to worry about what it is I do best, going in there and beating somebody up, getting my hand raised - that's what I really like doing.

You want to say you're the best on the planet? Well, prove it by beating this person and that person. Beat everybody.

If you want the belt, you've got to fight everybody that lines up in front of you. You have to prove yourself by beating them anyways, so what does it matter if you beat them before you have the belt or after you have the belt?

A lot of times, people take other people's confidence for cockiness, airheadedness, rashness or brashness, and that's the light in which they see you when you say you always knew you'd be a champion, blah blah blah. Well, you have to be confident in the sport we do. As an athlete, in general, you have to be confident.

I'm not as big of a fan of being loud, brash and boisterous just for the sake of selling a fight.

I would like to fight for the Brazilian fans. I would like to fight Aldo in Brazil.

Nick and Nate Diaz. We're different people, we have different personalities. But I have mad respect for them because that is them. That is Nick and Nate being themselves and not putting on a front. Not acting differently when the cameras on than when the cameras off. I got a lot of respect for Nick and Nate for that reason.

There's a reason that football players, that still choose to come over to train MMA. They're professional and phenomenal freak athletes and they know how to work as professional athletes. They know how to get better and know how to improve.

When you actually have a little bit of food and some calories behind you, it just feels better.

Once you reach a certain point in your career, every fight is a new big fight, biggest fight of your life, biggest fight of your career.

I had a very big chip on my shoulder - I won't even lie to you. I had a very large chip on my shoulder.

I've always held a pretty strong civic duty.

Bellator is collecting talent, collecting world-level talent all across the board.

People a lot of times have expectations for combinations, if you can throw something that they don't expect or throw something in a way that they don't expect it, it can be pretty successful.

A lot of guys need to get back in shape, I'm in the gym all the time so I don't really lose my conditioning as much as other people.

My dream job growing up was to become a police officer.

You can pick and choose how to portray yourself.

I love to talk to kids and be a positive influence. It's good to hear about positive things and someone say 'do the right things' from someone other than their grandma or their mom.

You just can't say 'I'll fight anybody.' Some guys do that early in their career, and their careers never have a chance to develop, because they have had five fights at 170 pounds, when they're walking around at 147 pounds. It's not smart.

You don't have to be 6-foot-7, you don't have to be 300 pounds. You can be 5-foot-2 and 135 pounds and still be one of the baddest dudes on the planet.

Whether you want more money, whether you want more fame, whether you want more attention, whether you want a bigger house, whether you want a bigger contract, whatever it is you want, you have to win your next fight. That's it.