Quotes from Chuck Liddell

As far as losing fights, that's part of the sport.

With the fights I have lost, I always want another shot and think that I can beat them.

I was in 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' with Jack Nicholson. That was fun. I think I made, like, $33 or something. I got to miss a whole day of school, and when you're a little kid, that's cool.

Mountain Dew was my favorite drink through college; it kept me up studying for a lot of tests.

I'm one of those guys: I'm out there trying to punch you out and to hurt you, but as soon as I'm done, hopefully there's nothing wrong with you; I'm hoping that you're okay.

That's one of the reasons I retired. To stick around, the way I was fighting, I would have to start playing it safe. I went out on my shield. That's the way I liked it. I fought that way my whole career. I don't want to bore people my last three or four fights.

I was the guy that would cram for everything, so I guess I was a bit of a slacker. I was a procrastinator. I spent a lot of all-nighters getting ready for tests.

It's hard for an athlete to quit what he's done his whole life.

It's a very complex sport, so judging is going to be very complex, too. And not everyone is going to agree all the time on who wins a fight.

I think the reasons I retired stay the same. I don't want to change my style. I can't take a punch like I used to for whatever reason. I've heard all sorts of theories as to why that would happen, but I can't do it.

My grandpa never got to see me fight. He always thought that I was the best in the world. He always told me that.

I eat more when I'm not training as much. But I get in the gym, and when I feel my gut, I try to eat healthy for some of my meals.

Some guys are gym fighters, some guys are better in the ring.

Train hard, get good coaching, and don't forget that its mixed martial arts. Don't get tied into one style of fighting, and focus on multiple disciplines.

I've been on a lot of shows that I like, doing guest appearances and little things. I'm just trying to have fun with being retired.

I hate hearing in a UFC corner, 'You won the first four rounds; just stay away from him this round.'

I drove the Ford Ranger until probably five years after college, till about 2001, when I was almost 30.

Someone said Anderson Silva and GSP would be a $12 million fight. I told people that for $12 million, I'd fight them both right now. At the same time. People took that as 'He's going to fight again.' It was a joke. But if you came up with $12 million, yeah, of course I will fight again.

The worst thing is losing because you got tired, because you didn't work hard enough in training. Ugh, that's the worst.

I'd like to have all of my losses back. But it's too late for that.

I started doing martial arts since I was 12, and then I went into wrestling in college. After I met John Hackleman, I started getting really serious about it, and after a few amateur fights, I got an invite to the UFC and have been in love with it ever since.

I come from a wrestling background but don't really use it in most of my fights.

I did well in school, was the captain of the wrestling team and the football team, and always got along well with people, so I'm sure I would have gotten a job in the real world. I probably wouldn't have liked that, though.

My whole life, I've been training for something, whether it be baseball or football or wrestling or martial arts.