Quotes from Fedor Emelianenko

As human beings, our lives should be in retrospect with God.

No one expected me to become a champion.

I always like and appreciate the support for the fans; I am very grateful to everyone who supports me.

Years ago we hardly had anything to eat. Now I earn more money and I see every opponent as a man that tries to put me back to that poorer period. That man has to be eliminated.

Only if God tells me to come back. No other way.

I like this feeling of weariness after training, when I'm walking home exhausted, dragging my feet. I like this a lot.

For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.

Only those who never stand up, never fall down.

I gain strength out of familiar surroundings.

If people think they've found my biggest weakness, let them try to take advantage of it.

I've never pumped myself up or made myself angry as some sportsmen do. I think that one should treat his opponent with great respect.

I train and prepare for every contest the same so I can compete to the best of my abilities.

One needs to live every day according to God's commandments. And then any kind of difficulty or unpleasantness will be manageable.

Cain Velasquez, he has some technical difficulties, but he has ambition, and he's fearless. He wants to win so badly, and he's in great condition. He's a thinking fighter.

As someone that was a good ambassador of a growing sport, that always wanted to fight the best fighters and always gave the fans the best he could give.

It's essential for a fighter to go separately and just focus on training away from everybody else.

I never believed I was the best fighter in the world.

I don't know how much the other fighters make. But I need to tell you that, for myself, money is not the first consideration.

My weight is not enough and strength is not enough either, so I have to take the fight by mastery.

While I'm an athlete and while I'm fighting actively, I don't intend to pursue a career in politics. What happens after that, we'll see. But I don't have an intention to do both at the same time.

A fighter, a real strong fighter, should always look dignified and calm, and I believe that any expression of aggression is an expression of weakness. A strong person will not be nervous and will not express aggression towards his opponent. He will be confident in his abilities and his training; then he will face the fight calm and balanced.

You know when a person goes into the ring to win, or at least not to lose. I mean, when a fighter is ready and goes to fight, than it can be seen by his look. Regardless of whether he gets hit or not, he goes forward, and regardless of whether he wins or loses, he wants to go forward, and it is clear from his burning eyes.

I've already fought my share. God gave me a rich, eventful career, and I thank God for everything, but I'm done fighting.

The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.