Quotes from Alexander Gustafsson

I feel like five rounds is nothing for me.

I'm not satisfied with being ranked second and third.

It is difficult, but you need to be honest with yourself as an athlete, and have a team telling you the right things, being honest with you.

As a 6'5' guy, the suit fit is extremely important. Getting a suit made for my body means it will fit in all the right places. For me, I look for a suit that fits well in the arms and shoulders and allows me to move... after all, I'm a fighter, so it needs to give me room to breathe.

Whenever you're training and warming up for the fights, you have your friends around you, you have friends that will compete and we push each other.

To take the belt from the champ you need to finish him.

Stay positive, even if you're fighting for your life.

My best advice for mental training is simply to create good habits, in order to build a sense of security and calm around you.

Everybody in Sweden knows MMA now. It's mainstream.

You have to think tactically and you can't just go in and swing against the first best opponent.

I'm done thinking about, 'I have to go up to be a title contender, I have to stress.'

I've never been a talker. I've never been a good salesman when it comes to selling fights.

I love the sport. I don't have to work. It's a kind of work we're doing, but if you can do what you love every day, that means something.

It's hard to just go one day from another to being one of the best fighters in the world to just stop doing what you love to do.

I didn't and still don't watch sport all that often, but I did see all the Pride fights back in the day, which is when I first saw MMA and I felt that's something I really want to do.

DC is a big boy, as tall as he is wide.

When you're fighting a guy like DC, he's just coming in and pushes you. You have to push him back.

Vests are for more than just function - they are fashion.

Positive thinking is a habit, like everything else, you get better at it with time.

I tend to keep my suit look casual but I like a good pocket square. It can change the look of any suit and give it an 'old school' feel. My preference is to make the square unique - different from the tie and suit color, so it really pops.

I'm an athlete, so giving a suit a casual look is important to me. Sometimes I wear sneakers with my suit or I will wear a blazer, tie and collared shirt with jeans.

That's what the sport is all about - stay busy and don't forget to have fun while doing it.

I'm just taking one fight at a time and trying to fight the best guys, and have fun doing it.

I'm a pretty big guy so heavyweight for me it comes very naturally.