Quotes from Justin Gaethje

I want to be a fighter, this is what I love to do, but it's totally taxing on the body and the mind. Especially the mind.

I know that the only way I'm going to advance in this sport is to be exciting and to finish fights, and I'm fine with that.

I want the biggest fights possible.

Whoever they send me a contract for, I'll fight him.

I've wanted to - and have been - testing myself against the best guys in the world.

When I take a right hand, I roll with it. I don't absorb every single bit of the punch. There's different ways to alleviate some of the force of a punch besides just getting out of the way. When I take it, it's on my gloves.

I just like punching loudmouths in the face.

There's not a lot of people that can sit there and take the punishment that I can deliver.

I don't fight to win or lose. I fight to entertain people.

The way you stop a takedown in wrestling is to meet force with force. You don't try to go away.

Skill wise, there's nobody that's gonna outwork me.

When I'm done, I want to be known as the fighter that everybody wishes they could've seen live.

I'm a coachable person. I don't like to lead myself. I've been taught by great people, and I was able to listen to them.

I could lose and it could be the best fight ever, it still does great things for me.

I want to fight Khabib. I think I'm one of the biggest threats to his title.

A lot of people say I'm reckless and I take too many shots. I take shots on the forehead. There's nothing wrong with that. It puts me in punching range.

Humans recognize effort, and that's what I do. I give max effort.

I want to be the world champion.

My timing and pressure is the definition of MMA.

You will regret not seeing me fight live.

I praise World Series of Fighting, they gave me every opportunity I had, and at the end, they were totally professional and did everything they could to help me out.

I don't get hit a ton on the button.

I'm not an idiot.

I wish I was fighting Jason High in his hometown. I would put him to sleep in front of all his fans. He's mainly a wrestler, but I'm an All-American wrestler. So I'm really not worried about Jason High.