Quotes About Perseverance

Every fighter is dreaming about the UFC and then once they can get into the UFC, they are dreaming about a title and I've made all of my dreams come true.

I will tell you right now, I want to fight the No. 1 fighter in the world. I always said that I want to fight the No. 1 fighter.

I made peace with retirement, but when you're a fighter, you're always a fighter.

There is more to Shannon Briggs than a fighter.

I've got world championship potential; I'm out there to be the best fighter I can be.

Of course, every time I get beat out there, I want to avenge those losses. I'm sure every fighter does.

I never had thoughts that I'd become a fighter.

All the losses that I had, I think they were important, just because it helped me grow as a fighter, helped me grow as a person.

If you decide you're going to be a fighter, you shouldn't have a problem fighting anyone.

I want to be a fighter, this is what I love to do, but it's totally taxing on the body and the mind. Especially the mind.

I made it a goal of mine to fight the biggest challenges, so that people can appreciate who I am as a fighter.

Coach Tarkanian is a fighter.

You ask yourself what is it you want? You want results or to show you are such a great fighter? For me I would rather make sure I get good results.

I'm a fighter. So if you're going to doubt me or say that I can't do something, I'm going to prove to you I can do it.

I just say to myself I'm going to be a better fighter day to day. That's my thing.

I'm a fighter. That's what I've been my whole life.

Any fighter worth his salt wants to be the best and to be the best you have to fight the best.

I want to prove I'm a great, exciting fighter.

I'm a fighter.

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.

Some people take defeat and losses a certain way. You see how some fighters take losses.

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 still know I'm a true champion, I'm a great fighter, some of the best fighters of all time have a loss, or more than a couple of losses.

I'm fighting and beating great fighters.