Quotes from Anthony Johnson

I do believe in ring rust. If you got it, you got it. And if you don't, you don't.

A lot can happen in 41 seconds.

I don't know what I'm painted as. I can be happy as hell and then someone says something and I feel different. People are going to say whatever they want to say to... get people to read their story. I just ask people to write the whole, complete story.

There was a time when my siblings could have walked up to me and we could have had a conversation and I wouldn't have recognized them as my blood.

I want to keep making history, keep entertaining, and keep making guys shake in their boots.

You win some, you lose some; it's all about can you bounce back.

When you're walking out to the cage and fighting a guy like Vitor Belfort and you've got the crowd going crazy, most people would lose the fight right there and then. Since I've fought in a crowd that crazy and wild, I feel that nothing else is going to be like that.

I'm trained to fight, not chase people around.

If you're a fighter, you're an alpha male. You have a chip on your shoulder.

Speaking on all of it in general, I think we, as MMA fighters, should be getting paid just as well as the NBA players, the NFL players and Major League Baseball, hockey as well, I'm not trying to skip any sport as I don't think any sport is superior to the other.

In Sweden everybody is so calm and relaxed. I love it.

I don't think losing too much weight is healthy at all, but look who's talking. I used to lose 40-to-50 pounds.

DC will always talk. I just found out he just talks. I kind of figured it out. He talks just to hear himself talk. I know he wants to be that guy that's a big time promoter and all this other stuff, but I think he's his own biggest cheerleader and his worst promoter for sure.

When I dropped Daniel Cormier I definitely tried to finish him off.

Much respect to Daniel Cormier, he's a hell of an athlete and hell of a champion.

Exciting fighters put on exciting fights, and that's what fans want to see.

I ain't trying to fight until I'm 35. I'm trying to make my money and go on to something different - do bigger and better things with my life. Hell, I don't want to get punched in the head that damn much. I've got other things I want to do.

I hold my breath with my punches in the fight and you know how that catches up with you.

If I'm tired one day, then I'll take the day off instead of pushing through it, because then that's when you hurt yourself.

I just enjoy my life, go with the flow and spend time with the people that I love.

First and foremost, I want to be the champ.

As long as my friends and family know who I am, I sleep well at night.

I go in and I fight and I do my best, win or lose. That's just what it is with me.

Wrestling is not on my radar.