Quotes from Andrei Arlovski

I'm a very blessed man because I have good friends and family that motivate me.

I have fans that stuck by me all the time that motivate me.

I paid too much attention to boxing. I wanted to try professional boxing. That's why I didn't focus on wrestling and jiu-jitsu, and it hurt me.

Being the underdog, for me, is not a problem. I kind of like it. But when you were on the top, and then you're not even in the top 10, this is horrible.

My wife understands it's a business and I'm working for her and our son. But I never worry about it during a training camp because the focus is my opponent and only him.

I'm like Nike, just do it.

In the past, the main problem for me was sticking with the game plan.

As usual sparring goes: men represent strikes, touch each other, but do not tend to cause real damage to the partner.

All my opponents are tough, but the one opponent who was most difficult for me was Pedro Rizzo.

When I left in 2007, it was the same thing for me when I fought in different organizations. I left the UFC on good terms and I had nothing bad to say about Dana White or anyone else. It was a business decision at the time and I'm glad they brought me back.

I'm very stubborn.

I choose fighting. I change all my life.

I don't want to fight in UFC just because I was a champion in UFC. I'm gonna have to earn it. It's gonna have to be how I fight.

If I try to do something, I try to do the best, and I'm a grown man and I have my vision of life and my personal ambitions.

From every life experience, fighting experience, I took the right lessons.

I try to fight like a lightweight.

What my losses made me think was that I needed to take my career more seriously and to train right.