Quotes from B. J. Penn

I don't want to be the guy who said 'I could have did this, and I could have did that.' I want to be the guy to know if I could have or I couldn't do it.

Dennis Siver, he's a tough guy.

I know there are a lot of others who are willing to take shortcuts for the sake of money, but when I see that... I get real irritated. I hate it.

I guess being a competitor, you always have that itch. But what it is is... it's tough.

Jiu-jitsu is created where the small man can beat the big man.

As life goes on, life just gets harder.

There's just something about BJ Penn that gets people amped up. You don't know what's going to happen but something is going to happen. He might disappoint you, make you happy, make you cry or make you jump out of your chair, but he'll do something to you.

My dad took us to a couple of karate classes when we were young but we didn't really get into it.

For me Keith Kizer can't be trusted, the head of the Athletic Commission can't be trusted. I never want to fight under the Nevada State Athletic Commission again.

Hawaiians are mellow people, but we all live on an island so we see each other all the time. So like you either got to be real nice, because once you have a problem with somebody, you're gonna see them over and over and over, and you're gonna end up fighting. That's why we fight. We're all stuck in one area. You can't get away.

When the whole fighting thing started, I never knew at the end it was going to be all about your record. I never had that mentality. I wanted to fight everybody.

As far as Mike Dolce goes, I would never hire him again for anything.

I think I could do good against some of the top welterweights. Yeah, pretty big guys, but you gotta live some times, you gotta step up sometime, huh?

Maybe the word they should use instead of Motivated Penn is Prepared Penn.

I want to go get that 145-pound belt. That's definitely a huge motivation for me. I believe with Greg Jackson's help, I can get that done.

Mixed martial arts, UFC, or what have you, I don't think it has anything to do with rankings. It doesn't have to do with 'this guy beat this guy so he deserves a title shot.' It might be like that every once in a while, but this is entertainment and the two biggest names - the best story.

I'm not a great athlete that can play any sport. But one thing I could always do is... fight back.

I'm definitely excited to be a part of the UFC spreading out globally around the world.

I have a good team around me and I don't feel anything is anywhere near out of my league.

I would never take a fight with someone to one-up someone else. You know, you do things because you want to do them.

Training in Brazil at Nova Uniao was nothing short of amazing. I can't thank Leo Santos and coach Andre Pederneiras enough for their efforts.

I guess growing up, it was pretty much a normal life, as I got older I used to get into some fights but nothing unusual.

Jon Fitch is a great opponent, a tough opponent, but St. Pierre brings the whole backing of Canada with him to a fight.

Fighting, to me, has always been something different than what everybody's else opinion is. I've never believed what everybody else has.