Quotes from B. J. Penn

Of course I can't retire on a win - but then, I can't retire on a loss either.

I think I should stay retired.

I thought I would go win 100 in a row with 100 knockouts.

I wish I owned the UFC, you know?

Out of Brazil, they're always gonna have another Wanderlei Silva, another Minotauro, another Anderson Silva.

I've always thought that being in the UFC is what the name suggests: Ultimate Fighting Championship. As time went on, people started learning to use the rules that suit them.

The training camps are tough, going through that.

My greatest moment in my whole career is when I became the first non-Brazilian to win the Brazilian jiu-jitsu world championship. That was my greatest moment.

Some days you think nothing surprises you anymore and other times I'm thinking I can't believe this journey and how it went down.

I don't know where that thought came from and I don't know why I had that thought, but I thought I was the best fighter on the whole planet.

I look for ways to try to build the sport, ways to put more fans in the seats and more money in our pockets.

Do people talk about Kenny Florian coming from a wealthy family and all this? I don't think they do. People say these things about me when they don't even know me.

It isn't always the funnest feeling, sparring three days a week, getting punched in the face at 38 years old, it might not always be the funnest feeling but it's better than a lot of other things. I love it.

I'm not just a guy that will walk in the ring and somebody's going to walk across and crush me.

I'd feel OK facing anyone for the welterweight title.

Being the champ is fake, all of that is all fake.

The lion doesn't care that the sheep laugh at him. Remember that. The lion just stays there. The animals make noise and tease. The guy with the belt is the lion.

It ain't the technique, it ain't the speed, it ain't the power. It's who wants it the most.

I separate my family life from fighting.

Maybe if I had made the move in my early 20s it would have been different. But I did not feel good at 145.

I'm a purist, and I'm more a fighter than an athlete.

If you decide you're going to be a fighter, you shouldn't have a problem fighting anyone.

Some guys are athletes and some guys are fighters. But, whether I look down on that or not, they're just out there trying to do the best job they can to put food on the table, so I can't be too hard on them.

Fighting is my whole life, the UFC is my whole life.