Quotes About Ambition

I never put it to where I say, 'I'm just this big pay-per-view star,' or 'I wanna be the No. 1 pay-per-view star that got all the ratings.' No, I was just like, 'I'm gonna be a world champion. That's what I'm gonna be.'

When I was 30 I became world champion and that's when I started to make a living.

I feel like everybody's who fighting, young fighters and still learning and growing, that should be their goal - to be the UFC world champion.

I want to be the world champion.

Two-time world champion - that's my goal.

Everyone wants to be a world champion, but when you take that first punch it will tell you if you really want to be in this sport or not. For me, there was no doubt.

Having been a world champion, I would love to go on and train a world champion too.

Being a world champion again is just a step closer toward my goal. I want to be a pay-per-view star.

I don't want to become world champion and lose it immediately. I want to become world champion, take over the division and take it from there.

I believe I'm destined to be a world champion and I'm getting closer to what I want. Part of it is developing a championship mentality and I feel I have that now.

I'm the type of guy where I feel like if you throw me in against the guy that's gonna be my hardest match-up, I think that's gonna bring out the best in me, and I know that the best of me can beat anybody on any given day to become the world champion.

That's my aim. To fight for a world title and become a world champion.

All I want is to be a world champion and I will take on anyone to achieve that.

All my life I've always wanted to be a world champion.

I worked my whole life to become a world champion.

If I make history, I don't need to blab about it. My first concern is not 'making history,' it's myself and becoming world champion. That's all I care about.

I will be a world champion, I'm going to do it.

When I first started boxing, I said that I'd fight in The Olympics, become world champion, and retire undefeated.

Obviously, if you're able to become a two division world champion - not many are world champions in their life or their career. I have the opportunity to do this.

Ive won it once, and that might be enough for some people, but it isnt for me, he says. I want to do this again and again. I want to be called out as a multiple world champion, and spoken about like some of the greats of the game.

I'm not here to be mediocre. I'm not in the UFC just to get a paycheck and make a living. That's really not what I'm here for. If I wanted to make money, I would have gotten out of the sport and done something else. I want to be a world champion.

By 2002 we might be championship challengers. But I want to race fast. I want to become world champion myself.

It's my dream to be a world champion and I will become a world champion.

The idea of being a two-time world champion is a big goal for me.