Quotes from Travis Browne

As far as Alistair goes, he's got a great fan base, he's a great name fighter, and I look forward to competing against him.

You hear a lot from the other fighters that have fought in Denver, you see some of the fighters are just gassing out.

I'm learning how to fight. Just figuring out what I need to do to further myself.

Coach Winkeljohn is hell on pads, that guy pushes you so hard.

My fights all have great meaning to me because they give me the chance to put myself in a position I probably wouldn't have been in before without all of this. The one thing I won't lack in this business is motivation.

The one thing I've learned about this sport is that it's OK to be selfish at times.

If I could only have one thing in life, it would be for my sons to grow up to become quality men who are interested in doing the right thing. I want them to be highly moral people who care about what is happening in the world around them. The best way to do that as a parent is to set the right example. That's what I try to do.

I think it's important for the kids to spend quality time with their parents, and to see their parents happy and loving life, even if it so happens that they live apart. That's a lot better than having them stay together and be miserable.

I just want my kids to grow up to become good men and that starts with understanding the world around them. That's something I push them to do.

Once I stopped with the excuses, my life has changed. There's no reason for me to lose any more.

I've never said 'no' to a fight and I've always been ready for anything they've thrown my way.

That's the hard thing about this sport. You don't have a guy over you telling you what you have to do. 'You have to do this, you have to do that.' So at the end of the day, I'm responsible for myself. So what I do is I put people in place around me to help keep me accountable.

It doesn't matter if it's Fight Night, an FX card, a FUEL card, a pay-per-view or FOX. It doesn't matter. If you get to headline an event, I believe that's better than being on any main card there is.

In the heavyweight division, if you get clipped, you're going to sleep.

With all my workouts, I have a hard time keeping weight on. My body wants to keep losing weight so I have to eat more.

I was on the couch watching Tim Sylvia beat Ricco Rodriguez, Randy Couture beat Tim Sylvia, and Josh Barnett fight in PRIDE.

I was the idiot on the couch, 'I could beat some of these guys!' I would say that about Tim Sylvia. But I was like, 'Freakin' Arlovski, he looks like an athlete.' He looked rock solid.

Until I have that belt, defended that belt and left a legacy with my name and what I've done in that cage, then I'll have time to relax and take in what I've done.

If you make no excuses, there's nothing holding you back.

My whole thing is to stay humble and stay confident in my abilities.

I had a tough life, and I wanted my kids to have better than what I had.

I'm disliked a lot and it's probably for the wrong reasons.

I was a painting contractor for a while and then a dog trainer. I opened my own business dog training and had some success.

I know I'm skillful and capable of finishing fights.