Quotes from Kamaru Usman

At the end of the day, my job is to win in impressive fashion.

I always envisioned hearing them say, 'and new,' and wrapping that belt around me and thinking of all the things I was fighting for.

My parents didn't want me to do this. My dad, when I told him I wanted to wrestle, he told me no, if you're going to play any sports, play baseball.

There was a time when guys just had a specialty, like boxer or wrestler or jiujitsu guy. Then came guys who could blend taking you down with also being able to kick your head off.

When you're doing something like wrestling - wrestling is one of the toughest and hardest martial arts to learn - but it's still a form of martial arts. It's still controlled.

The fight game has changed to where it's no longer the toughest is fighting the toughest to be the best on the planet.

Not everybody out here trains with me; not everybody knows what I'm capable of. My coaches know what I'm capable of, my training partners know what I'm capable of, and I know what I'm capable of.

You can't say that I don't have the skills. You can't say that. I have the skills.

I want Dong Hyun Kim. He's a grappler, he's a strong stand-up fighter, and I think that would be a great fight. I think I beat him every and anywhere.

I believe the UFC was sold based on their performance and the services they've provided, so if a company comes in and buys it, they just bought the blueprints of their success. I believe that WME-IMG bought the UFC because of its structure and success.

For what we do training, as a fighter, you have to be able to flip that switch where you turn into that savage, that guy that's prepared to go to war.

When I fought in The Ultimate Fighter Finale, I had microfracture surgery, and that's usually eight month's recovery turnaround. I had to fight three months after that, and I fought three months after that. And I had to train through that with that.

In other countries, being from somewhere else is celebrated. But not in America.

I'm a man on a mission.

You can't out-wrestle me. You can't out-strike me. You don't have more power than me.

You never say never. That's one of the lessons I've learned.

I will be unhappy if RDA ducks me. I will be very unhappy.

I got into this sport to make a statement.

When it comes down to digging, can't nobody dig as hard as I can dig.

Nobody - nobody - in my division wants to fight me, because I am the hardest fight for anybody.

Fighting is just something that's gonna open doors for things to come in the future.

I would love to fight a lot more often, but of course it's the UFC, and whenever they feel that they have an opening, then they can put us in there because there's so many fighters.

I'm good everywhere. I can defend the takedowns. I can get a guy down if I want them. I can keep it standing and strike. I can do it all.

I work with one of the best striking coaches in the world, Henri Hooft.