Quotes from Frank Shamrock

I want retire at 45 and have a 24-year-career. I feel I can do it.

I stopped being a fighter in 1999 and I became a fight executive the moment I retired and took control of my brand.

Fighting Cung Le in San Jose is an absolute dream not only for myself but for the city.

The problem is that the top five guys in UFC make all the money, and the rest make scraps.

I'm the black sheep of the family.

Brothers beating each other up. Everyone wants to see that.

Anybody who's a super athlete - I mean, Herschel Walker, it doesn't matter - if you're a super athlete and you get the technique of fighting, you're super dangerous.

It's part of being successful, just planning your life, catalogue successes, keep track of things that are important to you and make them a reality.

I've always picked the fight that I thought would, you know what, that guy's really tough, and it's really competitive, but it's going to be a great show for the fans.

I've been pioneering for this sport since before there was weight classes and gloves.

Most of the martial arts techniques go in waves of popularity and usefulness, but they all work.

The face of our sport is Dana White and out here in conservative New York, the way people think, bald-headed, tattoo'd, swearing people are just not a good representative of our brand and unfortunately people think that Dana White speaks for MMA, and they're confused.

My natural body weight is about 183 pounds. I've just always tried to keep 10 pounds of muscle on me because the bigger you were before, the more money you made. I always tried to cut at least five pounds to get to 185.

I became a free agent in 1999. I retired, that's how I got out of my contract. From that moment on, I've always been in control of my own destiny.

Guys taking damage need to be compensated for the shortness of their career.

I'd love to fight Dan Henderson.

With Strikeforce, we didn't have the capitalization to take advantage of our initial success.

From day one I knew Pro Elite didn't know what they were doing.

I looked at my own fights: everyone's excited and I was all disappointed that my techniques didn't work.

All those fights I've done since 1999, I was either the promoter or co-promoter.

Fighters need someone they can trust. We can't trust anybody.

Scott Coker's a martial artist. He's an honest guy. If you ask him to do something he'll do it, or else he'll tell you why he can't do it. That's what fighters need.

Fighting is fighting. You close your fist and it's all pretty much the same.

All my life, following the warrior's code has taken me to places I was afraid to go. But always when I got there I was glad I made the journey.