Quotes About Competition

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.

I want to compete against some of the best female fighters in MMA. That's my goal.

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.'

Fighters don't like Conor McGregor.

I don't fight in chase of an individual. I hear this sometimes where fighters work their whole careers to reach a matchup with a certain individual. I do not think in that way.

I'm fighting and beating great fighters.

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.

I want to be the best and I want to fight the best fighters.

In the fight, we are fighters, but after, we have respect for each other.

UFC have the best fighters.

I only fight clean fighters. I'll fight anybody in the UFC that's clean. Or dirty. Or clean.

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.

For all fighters, you haven't faced anyone until you've faced somebody.

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

A lot of the fighters will say you'll know if a fighter's won or lost just by a fighter's eyes - whether they're scared of the other person.

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.

The Klitschko boys, they're great fighters, but they're just boring here in America.

I think fans expect fighters to beat each other up, and what I expect out of myself is to stay of trouble.

People got to understand, the fighters at the top are the fighters that are supposed to get paid because they're the guys that are bringing people in, bringing eyes to the TV, getting pay-per-views buys, and putting people in the seats. I mean, that's what it comes down to.

I don't necessarily think fighters should fight killers every time, but at some point in time, fighters should be fighting the best in their division, period.

Bellator has the best welterweight fighters in the world.