Quotes About Competition

I don't like to play rough, but I will if I have to.

I remember I came into the NBA in 1999; the game was a little bit more rough. The game now is more for kids. It's not really a man's game anymore.

I'm accustomed to playing basketball really rough. When I came into the league, I was used to fighting on the court. That's how I grew up playing basketball.

I was one of those guys that really had to fight to make it in this league. Early on, I really had to do whatever it took, whether it be fight, rough people up, to make the team. I looked at it as it's either me or them - and it was going to be me.

Once you get into the NFL, it doesn't matter what draft pick you are, what round you are, if you're undrafted or not. It's football time again. The draft, all of that doesn't matter anymore.

You can see, even the best players, they can lose in the first round.

Everybody wants to be a first round pick.

If I'm on my way to play a round of golf there is an anxiety in me, a feeling of 'I can't lose today.'

I've got two 10-8 rounds against Anderson Silva. That's just the truth. I have no equal at middleweight.

In the European competition, when the knockout rounds start, it's always 50-50.

The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself.

When it's a judge's decision, you never know. You can win five rounds and still lose a judge's decision.

In five rounds, the guy who is better prepared is going to win the fight, so I like the idea of a five-round fight.

I remember everything from 1976. I remember I was 14, and I remember my routines.

You don't make it to the Final Four two years in a row by mistake.

I don't think anybody else could have gone out there with Brock Lesnar and do what I did. I stand by that, and I'm proud of it. My father and my mother were in the front row watching, and they got to see their son go toe-to-toe with Brock Lesnar. Not many people can say that.

This is my third year in a row where I'm one of those players that has a chance to win the Race to Dubai. I just think it's important this year that I take the experiences of 2017 and 2018 into it and know that it still takes a lot to do it and it's not in my hands at all.

If you win one fight in the UFC, you're good. If you win two in a row, you're great.

I've beaten Anderson twice, then Lyoto Machida and now Belfort. I'll be proud to have taken down three all-time legends in a row.

As a player if you win 10 in a row and you lose one, or you lose 10 in a row, you are still going to be angry when you lose. It's the nature of the game.

It would be good to fight Roy Jones. I've always admired him, and I think this would be a great fight for the fans.

Roy Jones is a difficult fight.

It's like I tell everybody, if you get a chance to win the Royal Rumble or the King of the Ring back when they had it, that means you're gonna get a push. You getting an opportunity at something big, and it can really set up your future for you. So if you're that guy, boy, it's pressure.

To win the Royal Rumble, you don't want to go over the top rope, obviously. But game-play-wise, hopefully you draw a later number.