Quotes About Determination

I grew up watching the careers of Tyson and Bowe. I always wanted to follow in their footsteps in becoming a world champion. But I've always been my own man.

So much of boxing is to do with your mental state. Evander Holyfield talks about spirit. I definitely have that spirit and feel like I've got something special inside me. It's about me bringing it out, controlling it and using it to become world champion.

I'm going to be world champion and have a belt, and people will correctly be able to say I was the best instead of I was very good.

When I was 14, I told my careers adviser that I was going to be a world champion boxer. Of course she laughed.

My goals in the future is to not just be in Formula 1. I want to be really successful, World Champion, though I guess this is like everyone! But that is what I'm targeting.

I never put it to where I say, 'I'm just this big pay-per-view star,' or 'I wanna be the No. 1 pay-per-view star that got all the ratings.' No, I was just like, 'I'm gonna be a world champion. That's what I'm gonna be.'

I want people to say that Jack Swagger/Jake Hager is a world champion in MMA and in pro wrestling.

I want to be the world champion.

Two-time world champion - that's my goal.

I'm a world champion, I've beaten everyone I've been in with and I want to test myself.

Everyone wants to be a world champion, but when you take that first punch it will tell you if you really want to be in this sport or not. For me, there was no doubt.

Being a world champion again is just a step closer toward my goal. I want to be a pay-per-view star.

I'm the type of guy where I feel like if you throw me in against the guy that's gonna be my hardest match-up, I think that's gonna bring out the best in me, and I know that the best of me can beat anybody on any given day to become the world champion.

All I want is to be a world champion and I will take on anyone to achieve that.

I told my mother I was going to become a world champion and buy her a home.

If I make history, I don't need to blab about it. My first concern is not 'making history,' it's myself and becoming world champion. That's all I care about.

I will be a world champion, I'm going to do it.

Obviously, if you're able to become a two division world champion - not many are world champions in their life or their career. I have the opportunity to do this.

Before I got in the UFC, I wrote down on a piece of paper a goal that I was going to make it to the UFC in 2015 and then I'll be the world champion before 2017 so I'm right on track. I pull out that piece of paper all the time and look at it. It's motivation.

I went from the top of the world 11-0, 25 years old, world champion to a three-fight skid.

I'm not here to be mediocre. I'm not in the UFC just to get a paycheck and make a living. That's really not what I'm here for. If I wanted to make money, I would have gotten out of the sport and done something else. I want to be a world champion.

By 2002 we might be championship challengers. But I want to race fast. I want to become world champion myself.

My self-belief, really is what kept me going, I always believed I could be a great champion, a world champion.

Anyone who is not trying to be the world champion is wasting their time.