Quotes from Travis Browne

I feel like I might have an idea of what goes on at Jackson-Winkeljohn's, but at the same time, that's why Coach Jackson and Coach Winkeljohn are considered some of the best. They're able to game-plan and bring the best out of their athletes.

This is a difficult sport and it's a sport where you have to be prepared for so many eventualities and possibilities. It takes so much time and so much work. And as a guy with a family, there is a lot of sacrifice that must be made.

I didn't come from wrestling. I didn't come from boxing or kickboxing.

That's my style, that's how I like to fight. I like to please the fans. Go out, knock somebody out, choke them out, break an arm. Something.

I guess you could call me a soccer dad.

There's nothing nice about the cage. There's nothing soft about it. It's nasty. You get in there. You get dirty. You get beat up.

I learned as a fighter I know how to go out there and mess somebody.

Two guys enter the cage and only one comes out the winner. It gets you pumped because you know the other guy is trying to finish you and you want to finish him before he gets his chance.

I'm a sore loser.

In Hawaii, where I'm from, I'm Hapa Haole. It's pretty much if you're mixed blood or have two different ethnicities or even more, you're considered Hapa. It really means half but now it just means mixed.

People find beauty in the desert. I don't know where they're looking because I haven't found it. It's ugly. It's nasty. It's dirt. It's desert. It's sand. It's rock. It's cactus. It's lizards and snakes.

I just want to keep winning and moving forward.

If you're going to be a man and get in there and do this sport, you better man up and understand your own mistakes. There's no way to get around that. There's absolutely no way.

I think I've put in some work and I've fought some tough guys early in my UFC career in order for me to get in that spot of being on the main card.

There is a reason we fight and for me, it's my family. I never forget them. Never. If I didn't have them, I'm not sure I would be here or if I'd be as good at this as I've become.

Whether friends or family, you know, if we're fighting, then we're fighting. And I have no problem with it.

During a round, unless the crowd is quiet, which a lot of times it isn't in my fights, you're standing there and the coach yells, 'One-two, one-two low kick.' Whatever it is, you don't really hear stuff. When you're in a fight and leather is being traded, I mean, are you really going to hear your coach?

Keep doubting me. Please keep doubting me. I will give you something to be upset about if you doubt me.

I create openings, and I move. I fight. It's an art form.

You have to be willing to work harder and sacrifice more than most to become one of the top fighters.

You can't deny somebody that's a hard worker. You can't deny somebody that just digs down as deep as they can.

Outside the ring I work hard when I train and I spend as much time as I can with my family when I'm not training.

Whatever strikes I need to throw, I need to let them go.

My relationship with Joe Silva has always been him saying 'hey I want you to fight this day' and it's like alright sounds good. I don't really look at it as an option.