Quotes from Matt Serra

I get to help a lot of teenagers and kids that were maybe like me when they were younger. Now they have the jiujitsu so they can compete and be tough guys that way.

Whenever there's something you've done that everybody and their mother said you couldn't do, and it was like an impossible feat, of course, it's awesome.

Whoever you talk to, I'm either overrated or underrated. It's all who you to talk to.

Jiu-Jitsu is my therapy, my passion, my life.

What is a 'lucky punch?' Who do these people think I was trying to punch in the face if not Georges? Seriously - where did the luck come into it? I got him hurt and didn't let him off the hook.

When I was younger and I'd get into scraps, someone would throw a punch, but next thing you know it's on the ground.

When I beat GSP it's not like I was getting my butt handed to me and I just closed my eyes and landed a punch.

You want to push a guy up against a cage, there's nothing like pushing a car.

If you talk to somebody else, they can say whatever they want about you, but I'm pretty secure with what I've done and my fights. Win or lose, it's all experience, and it shapes the person you are and the instructor you are.

I'm always involved with training and the martial arts. It's not like I go to a desk job somewhere and then throw on the gloves.

I've known B.J. for so long, I love the dude, he's a really good person... The guy's a legend. He can do whatever he wants. I wish him best.

You gotta have a thick skin to be a fighter.

It's a rarity in this sport that you really get a guy that's not a good person. I think we've found that in Matt Hughes.

I'm very secure with my career. I had a great time. Now it's time to sit back like Al Bundy and talk about past glories.

The glass is always half full for me.

I love hanging out with my kids, my family. That's something you never really anticipate or understand it until you have a family.

Don't get me wrong, I love my family, but I love teaching and hanging out with the guys.

I would love to put closure on my career with one last fight at the Garden, but at the same time, if that doesn't happen, I definitely consider myself done.

When you lose, people that you think aren't going to come at you, will come at you, because they're haters.

I was a normal height back in the day.

This game has such extreme highs and lows.

Aljo has already beaten a former world champion in Renan Barao, and I thought he fought masterfully, using all these ranges beautifully. He's like the Black Panther showing the world who he is.

I do believe that 'Aljo' could be world champion. If you look at the fighters he's faced and beaten, they're high caliber people. He's also faced and overcome adversity, including back-to-back losses in fights he could have won.

I worked night security for Estee Lauder. It was horrible. I worked from midnight till 8 in the morning. I did that just so I could sleep during the day, then go into Manhattan to train with Renzo at night. I would train, then go work all night in a guard booth.