Quotes from Frank Mir

It was always a goal of mine to go back to Cuba, where my paternal lineage comes from.

I thought about 205 for awhile, particular when I was doing the Vegan diet and walking around at about 250lbs. I was counting calories and was serious about whether it was a possibility, but it's just not for me.

I've been a pretty big guy my whole life.

All my kids will train in martial arts; it's a requirement. Do I want them to fight professionally? Hell no. If they ever step into a cage, I'll cry. I would rather my daughter and sons be doctors and lawyers or wear a suit to work and use their brain and after work go train at the gym and spar hard.

Stipe is a phenomenal champ as far as like he's a good guy, if you want to point your kids in the right direction, 'Hey, look at this guy, he's a good person.'

When people are wary about fighting on the ground, I have a more difficult time.

I'm pretty well-spoken guy, but I don't have a college education. Me making money in other avenues is not going to be as easy as walking into the Octagon.

Competing is something that once I retire from, it's not something I can go back and do.

At least my situation I can be like, look, I avoid physical confrontations, obviously not because I have an issue with physical violence, but I try to see the bigger picture of what it takes for humans to coincide with each other. We're all the same race.

When people are pushing me against the cage, in the past I was more susceptible to allowing it to happen because I had that jiu-jitsu mentality that I'm not going to grind back.

I was suspended for two years and I got really fat. That was a polite way of putting it.

If you fight improperly, you can be in great shape, run marathons, swim 200 meters and I can still gas you in two minutes of a fight. If you don't know how to fight, it doesn't matter.

A lot of individuals are so worried about being politically correct. I'd rather go ahead and say what's on my mind than to sit there and come up with some PC 'Oh, the guy is a great fighter and I have a lot of respect for him.' If I don't mean it, why is it even coming out of my mouth?

You always see the guys who go, 'Walk away from a fight,' and people look at him and go, 'You're not really a fighter anyways. Are you walking away because you're strong or because of your cowardice?'

When it comes to wrestling, judo and boxing they are at a good level. They can compete in an international level. On the amateur level it is extremely high. Transitioning to MMA for them would be easy. I think we will see a lot more Cubans in MMA as it gets easier for them to complete.

Religion is the retarded stepchild of philosophy.

If you don't hit hard and you weigh 260 pounds, that is something to worry about.

Having my own gym is easier because I have my family here, my kids enjoy watching my practices and I like having them around. It's hard to go to other people's gyms because not everyone if as kid-friendly as I am.

I think the day of retirement will come when I go out there and do everything I was supposed to do and I still can't perform. I'm going out there and I'm a danger to myself, then it stresses your family out.

Fighting is like life. You can do everything to a tee. You can show up and fail. That's no reason to quit.

Look at your life, everyone will always tell you you can't do sh@t, I'm proof you can do things

Someone who sees you on a certain night, maybe they've seen you on a bad night. I've seen Tom Brady throw interceptions. Is it time to retire, or is it a bad game? What if all week in practice he looked phenomenal?

I very much like the Japanese version of pro wrestling, probably the most.

I've watched guys in pro wrestling actually die. It's very dangerous. It's very injury heavy.