Quotes from Wanderlei Silva

The promoter of an event can't take sides. He can't give better conditions to one fighter over the other. Everyone has to be treated with quality.

Bellator is indirectly creating the stars division - I'm 42 now - where stars fight each other.

XYIENCE is a great brand, and they've also worked to help inspire my team of amateur fighters.

Everybody has a savage instinct.

People have to be more careful in traffic. It's hard to ride bikes in Curitiba.

If you have a young student, don't let him take too many punches to the head. There's the right moment to do a hard training, but it can't be every day. A good coach takes care of your student.

How can someone who has never been slapped in the face talk about the greatest fighter of all times?

Sometimes, people say, 'You need to fight smart.' After a fight gets started I don't know what happens with me. I feel crazy. A lot of times my coach says, 'Calm down. Calm.'

I fixed my nose, and now I'm breathing better, snoring less.

The truth is that I want to fight in the old Pride rules, I want to kick guys in the face on the ground. With that rule, I think I can fight with anyone.

My second bout with Cro Cop was the hardest. I had a serious injury in my eye during the fight and he knocked me out in the second round. I think it was the closest I've been to death.

The active fighters can't speak up or they will be fired. Because this monopoly doesn't allow for a free market. We have to free the fighters so they can fight wherever they want.

Sonnen always appeared as the nice guy, consoling his fighters, while my scenes were all of me with ugly face. It was biased.

The emotion that I have going into the Octagon and from the crowd is unbelievable. It's priceless.

Of course we always want to win, and train for it, but I also care about the quality of my performance. I want to provide a great spectacle for those who are at home.

Lyoto makes it very difficult to knock him out, he escapes well and moves very well.

There are two guys that I think are underrated - Thiago Tavarres and Tyson Griffin.

That stadium, Saitama, has given me some of the best moments in my career.

I would like to fight in Brazil, but we can fight in Japan or even in the United States. But if it really is against Dan Henderson, I would like it to be in a soccer stadium in Brazil.

My next step is give opportunities so that guys can train. I watch here in Brazil and we've lost a lot of talent just because guys don't have a membership to the gym. I want to make free gyms in the community.

I'll fight in both divisions, 185 and 205. I feel good. That's a choice for the boss, where Dana wants me to fight. It's no problem.

No more corrupt politicians stealing from us.

I'm so glad we have jobs after fighting. A lot of important fighters before would stop fighting and have nothing left. Today, you can fight and make money in a normal life.

I'm against all types of drugs and steroids, but the athlete has the right to have a private life. He has to be clean on the day of the competition. Out of competition, that's his life.