Quotes About Perseverance

When the chips are down, you see who the real fighters are. That is the beauty of Manchester United.

This is boxing. As fighters we know the risks, we know we are risking our health everytime you step into the ring, but it's a risk we are willing to take because we know with those risks come great reward.

I'm ready to test my skills with the best fighters.

I don't want to be one of those fighters that say I could've been this, I could've been that.

Some good fighters, they never won the belt, so it doesn't always show the whole picture. But it's an accomplishment.

I want to be one of the elite fighters in the division.

I may not be fighting the most popular guys like Canelo or GGG. But I am fighting real fighters, tough guys who want to prove that they belong and be world champions.

Fighters just want to be the best.

After the Ronda fight, I wasn't sure what the UFC held for me. I think coming out of that fight, I didn't know if losing that fight meant that I could get cut because I knew the rumors at the time was how easily fighters could get cut from the UFC.

Here's my thing: Real fighters fight.

I started off and I didn't have the advantage like other fighters of having an amateur career to grow and learn and make mistakes. Unfortunately, I spent the early years of my professional career doing that, and I feel like I've learned from all those mistakes.

I said in my mind, 'keep fighting.'

In life, you always have to keep fighting. It's not easy.

I've been fighting since I was 15. I know what war is.

You're always fighting the demons.

I am a fighter. I learned it at Genk in my first year when we were fighting against going down. Also, at Bremen last year, it was very difficult. We had to fight more often than not. I will fight again to earn my place.

If I am still fighting at 35 I will be disappointed.

Fighting is my whole life, the UFC is my whole life.

You've got keep your head up, keep fighting, and do the best you can.

Seven years is a long time, and seven years of fighting the best guys in the best organization in the world, the biggest organization in the world, it hardens you. You don't stay seven years without evolving. It doesn't happen.

Fighting, you have to be selfish.

Fighting is what I love to do.

We win and lose as a team; we need to stay together, keep fighting and keep working for each other.

No battle is worth fighting except the last one.