Quotes from Forrest Griffin

I feel bad for guys in other sports that never work a job. Think about it, most MMA fighters have had to do something for money whereas a guy who was an athlete in college sport then went straight to the pros, he's never had a skill outside of sport.

I love football and basketball but fighting is the original, most primitive to our nature.

The best car I ever had was a Mazda 626. I paid $72 for it. The guy told me if I towed it off his property I could do whatever I wanted to it. So I paid to have it towed to my house and me and my step-dad fixed it up and drove it until I totalled it.

I've always mid-lined myself where I don't really expect myself to do big things or to win big fights. It's not a lack of confidence, it's just that I think to an extent that you need a bit of an ego if you're going to think that you're going to conquer something.

If you look at UFC champions: BJ Penn - terrifying! GSP - terrifying! Anderson Silva - terrifying! But I'm not terrifying.

I'm someone who needs goals and direction, and fighting provided that for me.

Thiago Santos is a guy who can take your belt from you with one punch.

I don't think you should punish a guy for losing when they were hurt.

I hate flying so I always drive.

I like to make people quit. Whether it's because I'm striking them or submitting them, I just want to make them quit. In the war of wills, that's the win.

I am not the super-submission guy, I am not the one-punch KO guy, so I am not the most feared guy in the world. But I will not quit, I will not break and I will fight you like a dog for every second of every round.

Some guys are real noble guys, like Rich Franklin or Randy Couture. These guys are just really good people who happen to fight.

I am a Georgia guy, and I have Brett Favre's card when he played with the Atlanta Falcons. That's my retirement plan.

I think anyplace people can be themselves is a good thing.

Nobody goes, 'I'm a top 10 fighter. Well, maybe Top 15. I can beat a lot of guys'... Nobody ever says that. That's the thing with having a grasp on reality. I know I'm not the best.

I'm kind of a grinder.

My fitness philosophy is very different from the UFC fighter fitness philosophy. Mine is to work out in a way that you will be able to sustain for the next 20 years.

I get to work out for my job and punch people and wrassle, that's a pretty cool job.

You would have to be born with a gene that doesn't allow you to recognize sarcasm if you take anything I say seriously.

I like not having a job, not having to get up early in the morning is awesome. I would recommend it to anybody.

HIV is not a gay or straight disease. It's a young people's disease, unfortunately.

I've framed houses, worked on an asphalt crew, I was a cop, a lifeguard.

You get away from something long enough, you miss it. You get hungry for it.

I've made a ton of money but I don't have as much as I'd like.