logo

Quotes About Respect

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
When it comes to fighting and other fighters, I try to be respectful.
~ Jon Jones
Fans love McGregor, but 11 out of 10 fighters will say they don't like him because he respects nobody. I'd be 100 percent on his side if he respected others, but he only cares about himself.
~ Fabricio Werdum
I like Fedor. I like him because Fedor never talk too much before the fight, has a lot of respect for fighters. I like Fedor.
~ Fabricio Werdum
In the fight, we are fighters, but after, we have respect for each other.
~ Valentina Shevchenko
You can't force fighters to fight.
~ Dana White
I want to go against the best fighters. That's why I'm always calling out Georges St-Pierre. I don't have anything against Georges St-Pierre. I think he's a great fighter.
~ Nate Diaz
I'm a woman who's been in a man's sport since the age of 15, and to see people finally seeing what I saw right from the start, that female fighters are just as good 'pound-for-pound' as our male counterparts.
~ Miesha Tate
At the end of the day, us fighters, all we have is respect.
~ Tito Ortiz
If you're going to lose to somebody, losing to a guy like Brock Lesnar is not something that people will laugh at. Brock is arguably one of the top ten fighters on Earth.
~ Mark Henry
It's always been my goal to fight the best fighters out there, and I look at Amir Khan as one of the top fighters in my division.
~ Terence Crawford
The fighters in the UFC are treated very well.
~ Dana White
At the end of the day, does the UFC really like its fighters?
~ Tony Ferguson
But the thing about Brazilian fans is that they respect top fighters and I will win them over. When my hand is raised I believe they will cheer for me.
~ Jimi Manuwa
I think the fighters, we deserve certain respect, because we put our bodies and health on the line to entertain people.
~ Quinton Jackson
Scott Coker's a martial artist. He's an honest guy. If you ask him to do something he'll do it, or else he'll tell you why he can't do it. That's what fighters need.
~ Frank Shamrock
Demian Maia, I love the way he fights.
~ Royce Gracie
I don't like fights. I don't like aggressive people.
~ Adriana Lima
I didn't get into too many fights when I was younger. I think I got into, like, one fight when I was in high school, and that was because someone was being rude towards my mom, and that was it.
~ Urijah Faber
I don't want any freebie fights.
~ B. J. Penn
Man, I'm gonna tell you something about Evander Holyfield, when he fights a guy like me and I fight I guy like him, we always bring the best out of each other so by no means should anyone out there ever think that a fight like that is a cake walk because it's not.
~ Riddick Bowe
We too have arguments, but we don't really have any fights. Aamir and I don't carry our fights home.
~ Sanjeeda Sheikh
Saying 'black lives matter' both literally and figuratively restores people's dignity.
~ Alicia Garza
I figured there's nobody who's going to beat me or shoot me or crucify me. I can't help if people don't like me up there in Washington. I've got a district that I respect, and I think it respects me.
~ Ralph Hall