Quotes About Athletes

In the NFL, defensive backs are faster.

I liked being one of the fastest guys on the field.

I feel like I'm the fastest puncher in the featherweight division.

Do I have fat cells on my body? Everybody has fat cells. Do I have more than most other athletes? Probably.

I love getting in the ring with Britt Baker. She is one of my favorite people that I got in the ring with.

One of my favorite things to do when I wasn't competing was to watch the cruiserweights.

In boxing, everybody has their favorites.

All-Star is something that's exciting for the fans: it's a way for the fans to see their favourite players all play at the same time.

But the moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy.

There were very few people who were both intercollegiate athletes and Star Men.

I think it's very difficult to have fewer opportunities to have success and still execute. My favorite player was Barry Bonds, and he got so few opportunities.

Team doctors' jobs those days were to keep you on the field.

Who's the best MMA fighter of all times? I always left that for fans to decide.

Some guys are athletes and some guys are fighters. But, whether I look down on that or not, they're just out there trying to do the best job they can to put food on the table, so I can't be too hard on them.

This is boxing. It's not like a baseball game. The fighters say, 'I need a lot of money or I don't fight, because it's very dangerous.'

Shawn Porter is a good fighter, but he hasn't accomplished nearly as much as Danny Garcia has accomplished or beat the fighters who he has beat.

This is the UFC. UFC has the best fighters in the world. That's it.

If it wasn't for us fighters, who have carried the sport on our backs since the very beginning... without fighters there is no fight, there's no event, and no show.

You know how some fighters retire but you have a feeling they will be back at some point? I don't get that feeling from Chad Mendes.

UFC have the best fighters.

You can't put those guys like Marciano or anyone else in with today's class of fighters.

There have been many great fighters like Jake LaMotta, Roberto Duran, and Ricky Hatton. Hatton was a great inside fighter.

Really, if you get in the ring and box with someone for real, I don't think it is a sport. As far as professional fighters, you are literally putting your life on the line.

As a fan, I like watching fighters rather than boxers.