Quotes About Discipline

If people knew what I have sacrificed then they'd understand why I put so much into every fight. This has pretty much been my life for as long as I can remember and the work that has been put in to make sure that I become the best fighter in the world means that there can't be no other way.

When it comes to fighting and other fighters, I try to be respectful.

I've been in the fight business my whole life. I know fighters.

That's how fighters get better. They watch film, and they work on what they need to work on.

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

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

A lot of fighters come from Brazil. We've been doing this for long, long years.

At the end of the day, us fighters, all we have is respect.

You test yourself. That's what real fighters do.

I think I'm one of the hardest-training fighters in the world.

Give me some real chocolate. Real fighters eat real chocolate.

There are so many talented fighters. And then there are fighters who must work like butchers. They are champions because they work hard every day. I believe I have a little bit of talent, because I learn very quickly, but I'm like the butcher.

Gracie is not a family, it's a factory of fighters.

I think a lot of fighters are cutting way too much weight.

I am one of the very few fighters who doesn't read any type of media.

I love to be around the fighters, training. That's my favorite thing.

Some fighters think they're athletes and it's a sport. I know I'm athletic, but I'm a fighter first.

Demian Maia, I love the way he fights.

The first am fight I had, I was 10 yrs. old. I didn't count, but as far as I remember, it was approximately 350 fights. It was a lot of fights.

Two good, large fights a year is good enough for me.

I started very young... I learned my martial arts first in the street. There were always fights. That's the culture in Brazil.

I have wrestling. Yes, I do; my background is wrestling. I have knockout power. Just because I don't go out there and use it all, you don't have to use it all to win fights.

I don't like to use - I never use - any kind of drugs to help me in my fights. I don't like that. I don't like drugs.

You just go out there, you've got to keep training, keeping training as hard as you can and keep winning fights. The only thing that's real is the fight. Everything else is fake.