Quotes from Wanderlei Silva

Like people say, it's very hard for a good professional to retire.

I am retired, I don't fight anymore, I lost the desire.

If you own an event, it's your job to make sure the athletes are satisfied when they fight.

If you open one little gym that has some mats and one bag, you can save lives.

I am a beloved athlete all over the world.

People talk, talk, but when it's time to fight me, they all wanna hug me.

A bout between champions has to be considered a big show.

Shogun vs. Lyoto is a fight that no one can miss. It's hard for me to say anything because I'm great friends with Shogun. I'm cheering for Shogun. I'm friends with Lyoto as well. I like him and I respect him and admire him as a fighter, and outside the ring, he is a great example to all of us.

I don't have any superstitions, because I am a Christian.

I have other plans, other businesses. I have things to do. But I love to fight. I love this sport.

If you don't want to sweat, stay on the couch.

I was in a lecture about concussions and of the 10 symptoms the guy mentioned, I had eight. The symptoms would be, for example, mood swings, getting angry very fast, forgetting some things, having difficulty sleeping.

But what astonished me is that this Croatian, this Mirko Cro Cop guy, called me the best in the world, a legend in front of me, but behind the computer he's talking a bunch of crap. What kind of man are you to say this crap online and not to my face?

It's sad when a MMA fighter talks to an NFL or NBA player about how much money they make. That's embarrassing. You tell them how much you make and they laugh.

The athlete needs money to prepare for a fight and to perform well. How are you going to prepare well if you have to have another job to make money?

I don't think about my losses. I only think about winning my next fight and preparing for my next fight.

The probability I knock out Chael Sonnen is very big. Man, everybody knows his game. He is never going to take me down and I'm going to break his nose with my knee.

Sometimes I put my heart in front of my technique.

A player who conjugates a verb in the first-person singular cannot be part of the squad. He has to conjugate the verb in the first-person plural. We.

It's normal to be under pressure. I'm fighting professionally for 15 years, and it's always been like that.

I talk to my guys and I tell them, 'You have to fight in a way that you don't give the promoter a choice but to bring you back.'

You can't fight like a machine, like you are worried about what the promoter is going to think.

If you go out and make a show and put your heart on the line every time, the people will respond to that and the promoter won't be able to say anything.

The UFC are promoting a lot of cards and there are a lot of fights that people even don't know that will happen. But Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson would sell very well.