Quotes from Luke Rockhold

I've had to take out a couple of loans; I'm not gonna lie. I want to pay off my debts. I want to start stacking some cash and set myself up for the future.

I don't think I really have the respect that I think I deserve.

I love fighting. I want to fight, but there are principles in this game. You've got to have morals. I'm not just going to fight fights to fight to get nowhere.

I get more relaxed. I get looser. I get more technical, I get faster, and you get to see way more of my game in the later rounds. In sparring, a lot of my best rounds are my third and my fourth. My fifth rounds are sometimes my best of all.

I'm not knocking the other sports; I love other sports. There's a competitive and a technical level of them that I won't understand, probably, to a certain extent, but I've done a lot of other sports competing on college teams, and there's just nothing like fighting.

I have that brawler's mentality, and I can get into that realm, but when I'm at my best is when I'm patient, precise, and technical.

I am a very technical guy. I'm proud of my technique, my fluidity, and my skill; that's what I work on every day. I try to out-technique guys.

Aggression has proven to get people in trouble, in many ways, with the champions.

I'm very confident on my feet.

I'm going to show I'm the best fighter in the world.

As long as I don't rush things, I'm a lot better fighter.

I like big fights.

My dad was a professional basketball player, and my mom was a hell of a tennis player.

Martial arts has just made me a better person. It's a way of life.

I'm in the pursuit of excellence. One foot at a time, one camp at a time.

I want to put on performances no one else has. I want to be flawless every time.

Floyd Mayweather, he's a safe fighter. He is who he is. He's not going to take any risks.

I like fighting clean. I've always fought clean, and I want to fight clean people. I want to fight fair.

Anytime you spar at a new dojo, whether it's in Japan, Brazil, or Thailand, the fighters come after the new guy. It's a way to test yourself against the best and to sharpen your technical skills and push yourself to be the best you can be.

I'm a betting man. I like to gamble everywhere, everything I do.

Jacare is a gangster. He's been in the game for a long time.

If I get a guy that can take my shots and withstand my arsenal for the first round or two, I think you're going to see the best of me coming forward.

I used to goof off a lot.

When you're tense and you're forcing the issue, you kind of cloud your vision, so I think just being confident and super relaxed, waiting for my timing, has really helped me.