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Quotes from Dana White

I used to laugh at MMA and say 'do you know what a boxer would do to an MMA guy?' and then I got educated on the truth.
~ Dana White
Boxing is very one dimensional. You can hit to the head, you can hit to the body. As soon as two guys get into a clinch, you're separated.
~ Dana White
The UFC brand is going to be here for a long time.
~ Dana White
Nothing comes easy. Success doesn't just drop on your lap. You have to go out and fight for it every day.
~ Dana White
Kimbo Slice sucks. He's terrible.
~ Dana White
There's plenty of people I don't like that we put fights on with. It's not up to me whether I like them or dislike them, it's what the fans want to see.
~ Dana White
Am I a little rough around the edges? Do I say things that people don't like sometimes? Do I swear a lot? Yes, yes, yes. Life's hard, man.
~ Dana White
I swear to God, if my kids, when they're 18, if they come to me and say, 'Dad, I love pumping gas. I love getting up in the morning, I love grabbing the handle, I love the smell of the gas station,' I'd say, 'Go for it,' because if you love it that much at 18, he's probably going to end up owning 25 gas stations by the time he's 30.
~ Dana White
We want to build this sport all over the world and it absolutely, positively works in the U.K.
~ Dana White
We're going to continue to go into markets that we've never been in, continue to grow the sport, continue to cultivate talent and the whole landscape of television is changing and I feel like we're ahead of the curve on that, too.
~ Dana White
I like guys to stay at their weight classes and dominate. I don't want guys moving up and down.
~ Dana White
I'm a weirdo.
~ Dana White
If somebody doesn't want to show up for a press conference I'll pull them from the card.
~ Dana White
Chuck Liddell loves to fight. That's his passion. That's what he loves in life. But there comes a day and age - fighting is a young man's game.
~ Dana White
The reality is this: Fighting isn't a team sport; it's an individual's sport.
~ Dana White
I love talking directly to the fans.
~ Dana White
We're all entitled to make mistakes. I'm not one of these guys where if you make a mistake, I'm gonna try to tear your life down and burn it to the ground.
~ Dana White
Greg Jackson is a sport killer
~ Dana White
Boxing is your father's sport.
~ Dana White
I like most of the guys in the sport. They're my friends. We're not going to mistreat the fighters. I wouldn't mistreat a friend and so I won't mistreat my fighters.
~ Dana White
I've been in the fight business my whole life. I know fighters.
~ Dana White
You can't force fighters to fight.
~ Dana White
The fighters in the UFC are treated very well.
~ Dana White
As long as we have enough fighters and fight cards to keep everybody fighting three times a year, that's where I want our roster to be.
~ Dana White