Quotes from Wanderlei Silva

I've made it very clear to you all that I will never again fight for this promotion, the U.F. Circus. Fixed fights, and I can prove it!

It's a dangerous sport, you can get really hurt. God helped me, protected me so I wouldn't have any damage, any serious injury.

I've had a couple knockouts, but I feel good.

If it wasn't for us fighters, who have carried the sport on our backs since the very beginning... without fighters there is no fight, there's no event, and no show.

UFC have the best fighters.

Almost every single one of my fights was the fight of the night and the public was always interested in watching me compete.

I want to be tested until my limit.

You have to be able to take a punch. A strong neck is really important.

The power from the punches come from your legs.

But I was born in the real world, I'm from the streets.

We have to understand that all geniuses have a crazy side to them.

No gloves cut a bit more, but that's not a problem if you don't fear blood.

With the way things are going now in the UFC, you have to be ready to fight anytime they call you. During war times, you have to keep your guns always clean.

Try to find a good gym, have a schedule or take a class every day, and make it a habit.

My Hall of Fame are my fans.

I lost six months of work due to throwing open punches and took a punch on the chin.

Who sees Wanderlei Silva today, with all the marketing, with a good gym and getting paid well to fight, they don't know the difficulties I went through. I went through a lot of hardships in my life.

I am available to work together with the commission to create clear laws that give the athletes the proper respect. The athletes deserve more respect.

If I could leave a tip for the young guys, it would be don't hit yourselves every day.

The promotions put fighters against each other, and they don't want to pay anything to them. If you refuse to fight, the promoter shows up - and sometimes he wants to show off more than the fighters. This is a shame.

In 20 years of career and 50 professional fights, I never refused to test or failed to apply for a license to fight.

My return was interesting because Bellator gave me a stage that was worthy of the return of Wanderlei Silva. I was the main event, sold out.

I have some issues that I don't know if they will become issues. I have some things in my head, I forget things. I can't turn my head a lot or my brain crashes. I have back and wrist pain.

I like taking on the tough guys.