Quotes About Victory

Most of my fights, I push the pace. I'm the aggressor.

Most combat is not a hand-to-hand knife battle that the person who can do the most push-ups is going to end up winning.

I've been put down, pushed aside, knocked out.

I decided to do the maximum to hold onto the lead for as long as possible. That is why I pushed so hard from the beginning. I was at 100 percent concentration.

They've pushed me down a big ravine, but I'll get back up to the top.

I was always pushed to do that much more, and in the long run that made me more of an MMA fighter. My mom always told me that if I let it go to the judges, I'd lost. There was no way I was going to win a decision, so I had to find ways to finish the fight fast.

I believe that every fight we've had is a big fight, and every fight we've had is a fight where I've learned a lot of things in the ring, I learn about myself, and it's sort of pushed me to know where I can go.

I watched guys who were professional fighters hit each other 30 times, and it still didn't go anywhere. I thought 'that wasn't very effective' But I saw if you got someone in a choke, you can end a fight in seconds, and I pushed toward that.

When you're fighting a guy like DC, he's just coming in and pushes you. You have to push him back.

My dad was the way he was, but he also gave me a motto: never say die. Just to keep pushing and pushing, fighting until the end. He put it in my head that you're always going to fight, and you're always going to beat them.

I am going to keep pushing myself and I would love to get an individual gold medal. That would be amazing.

There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.

I'm always trying to figure out ways to one up everyone, and that's what I love about competitions. I love challenging myself and pushing the envelope.

I just want the belt. That's the only thing that's pushing me, the only thing that's motivating me.

One time, I fought 90 fights in 90 days in 90 different places around the world. I didn't even know who I was: about 45 or 50 in, they just kept pushing me, and that's when I really get into a lot of trouble.

Sometimes you can win by persevering, pushing and pressuring your competition.

I've lost so many fights and I've won many but you have to keep pushing.

I put everything in that last lap, it was very emotional when I crossed the line. It was all I had, I gave it all.

The Brazilian circuit is very different. There are no easy fights, every gym only puts in their best guys to fight.

Before, when Bolt was in the race, it was about who's going to get second. You just come and want to watch Bolt run, it's always exciting because you know he always puts on a show.

I beat Ryan Bader, and that beautiful knockout got me a shot at the title. That's the kind of thing that puts you close to the top.

I can sit here and hit all the balls and chip and putt all day long, but if you're not playing competitive golf... there's nothing better than competitive golf.

When I am in the ring, all I think about is knocking my opponent's head off, getting him out of there. Hurting him. Putting pain to him. I will have no mercy. I will have no pity.

If we keep continuously putting up good at-bats, the next guy will come through.