Quotes from Chris Weidman

People gotta realize as a fighter you want to become a champion because you get paid way more money. So the belt is very intriguing for that reason.

I think there's times where I'm introverted, and there's times where I'm extroverted.

When you're so physically and emotionally invested in something - like you have to be in MMA - there's nothing like having your friends and family there to support you on fight night.

Wrestling background, you never talk trash.

Getting hit is part of the job. You don't want the first time you're getting punched to be in the fight because there's a lot of shock and awe and you won't react well. I like to get hit in sparring. I don't want to get concussed, or I don't want to be getting knocked out, but I want some shock treatment to prepare me for the fight.

I feel like anyone at middleweight, when I have a full training camp, I'm going to go out there and finish them. That's my mentality.

That's why everybody loves to tune in and watch these fights, because at any given moment, any given fight, any given fighters, anything can happen. A fighter could win nine out of 10 times, but there's always that one time.

I want a rematch with Mousasi more than anything.

It's a very tough sport. It's a fickle sport. The fans are definitely tough. But it's also kind of motivating.

My ultimate goal was always that I want to be known as one of the greatest of all time. The first step was obviously to be UFC champion.

I didn't think I was much of a public speaker.

For me, preparation is all about the physical, the mental and most importantly, the spiritual. If I'm not spiritually in the right place, I'm a mess.

I'll never underestimate 'GSP.'

I grew up in a rough neighborhood, so I fought a lot. Even when I was wrestling, if I lost a match, I always thought, That guy would never beat me in a fight.

I grew up in a decently tough neighborhood.

Money, autographs, I had no desire to even do that. I fell in love with fighting and those types of things became attached to it.

People forget, I was 9-0, I was fighting Anderson Silva. I was fighting the best guys this sport has ever seen, one after the other, with no experience.

I want to have the biggest challenges in front of me and conquer them. That's why I wanted to fight Anderson Silva when nobody else wanted to fight him.

I took my first fight in the UFC on short notice. I took my first big fight against a top-five guy on ten days notice.

I grew up taking the Long Island Railroad from Baldwin, New York into Penn Station and walking upstairs to Madison Square Garden. Those are some of my favorite memories.

To win the belt from Bisping, the hardest problem for me would be to train hard for him because he stinks. I'm just kidding, he's really good... No, I'm lying.

When I'm spiritually in the right place, there's no stopping me.

You don't want to fix things that aren't broken, so that kind of stops you from make changes.

I'm open-minded and never think I know everything. I actually feel like I know nothing, and that allows me to learn on a different level.