Quotes from Greg Hardy

I just don't think somebody that's been to prison is allowed to say what the standard is.

I'm a Pro Bowl defensive end.

I think a lot of times my comments get misconstrued as disrespectful and it's not.

People were telling me, you cant 'play' MMA. It's not a game. You can't play-fight. You gotta be dedicated because it's gonna show in the ring.

I've been doing this for a long time, telling the truth.

Who am I to question fans? These are the people that pay my salary so they have the right to have opinions, they have the right to be who they are.

I'm all about proving things.

Really, the only people that do want to fight me are the people that haven't been in there with me yet. It's a dangerous game and those punches aren't coming light.

Like I said before in my earlier interviews when I was just starting, I'm not a CM Punk. Like, I'm not here to jump in, take whoopings, and cash checks.

I wasn't looking for my flaws when I was winning. Like, I couldn't see them, I didn't want to see them.

If you're on the football field, I'm probably going to try to hurt you. It's just how I play. Nothing more, nothing less.

You don't want a quarterback like Eli Manning looking down the field, ever. Ever, ever, ever.

Even though you can hit a quarterback, it's not always in your best interest.

The best thing for any team is to make the quarterback feel pain. You've got to be respectful of the rules of the game and honestly you don't want to hurt anybody, but to make him feel you is to bring his eyes down.

I'm a grown man.

As a grown man, as a football player of my caliber there are situations... I could have done better, I should have done better.

Nothing is guaranteed in the UFC, nothing is guaranteed in the NFL, so it's my lane. I'm very comfortable in this lane.

I want to be the great American heavyweight.

I want to be the fighting heavyweight of the world. America needs one of those, and I can be that guy for them.

I think I could be one of - if not the - greatest fight sports heavyweight of all-time. Not even just MMA, just the greatest combat sports heavyweight.

I've been alongside titans for my whole life. Michael Oher, Greg Oden, Joakim Noah, Al Horford, I played against these guys in college.

To come here to ATT with all the people you get to see on TV, all the champions, all the world-class fighters, you get humbled really fast. That happened to me, and I had to deal with a lot of emotions.

Go ask Tom Brady if I ever cheated when I sacked him. I'm not a cheater. That's not on my record, that's not on my resume.

Tom Brady, Cam Newton, these guys are titans, these guys are monsters in the game.