Quotes from Gegard Mousasi

I have great people around me, I have great training partners, and I think if you really want something you work for it and you get it.

I could beat Yoel Romero, who is probably more dangerous than someone like Anderson Silva, but I would get more credit for beating Silva.

My goal is to get the belt, the UFC belt.

People like crap. It doesn't matter. I think if you have a big mouth and you perform so-so, it is what it is. People are going to notice you more. Nice guys come last. Let's say it like that.

Beating a guy like Bader, that's a big thing.

People always talk. People say rude stuff. It bothers you but I'm not losing sleep on it. I don't care.

It's just a personal challenge, I'd like to see how I can do as a boxer.

After doing boxing a little bit, I knew that I wanted to achieve what the other boxers were achieving: the championship and whatever comes with the championships.

It's always been a goal of mine to get the belt in different weight classes.

The UFC focuses on entertainment, but that's not what fighting is about. It is not a concert.

When you constantly claim you are the best, people start to believe that. I see that happen a lot. You can convince a lot of people by talking, even if that has nothing to do with your actual performances. But that's not my thing.

I'm fighting to get paid. I'm not doing this because I love the sport so much. I'm not a crazy person.

I see some fighters lose very badly, but still they get more praise or they're not overrated. They're just good fighters in a lot of people's eyes. But I feel like one loss with King Mo, it made me a very bad fighter somehow.

Getting in the cage, it's not like I need a whole mental preparation for it. It's just a fight.

I really like Robert De Niro.

When I was barely 21, I was making my Pride debut. That was at the beginning of my career.

Maybe at the end of my career, I could do some fights at heavyweight, when I'm older and not cutting weight. When I'm in my prime, I should stay at my weight class when I'm at my best, but let's say the end of my career, I want to just make an extra buck and not taking it too serious, yeah, I'll get fat and I'll fight, sure.

I don't like watching the females fight. It's just not attractive for me, but not like in a looks way.

With the UFC it's like, you make okay money, and only if you're the champion do you make good money. So they're keeping the fighters deliberately poor so they'll keep fighting.

In Bellator, I feel like I can grow. As the fighters grow, I know the company will grow. You feel like a part of the company.

Some good fighters, they never won the belt, so it doesn't always show the whole picture. But it's an accomplishment.

I have fights where I thought I'm going to destroy the guy and then I had a very tough fight, I had fights where the guy's a big name and I win in the first minute.

I think as I get older, I'm going to look for the fun fights.

Maybe I lose my fights because I don't fight smart.