Quotes About Commitment

Anyone who is friends with a fighter or lives with a fighter, you know that a fighter cutting weight is on edge.

It's a job to me, basically. I'm not trying to be the best fighter in the world or nothing like that. I don't come in trying to think I am the best fighter. I don't care about none of that. It's just a job to me.

Every other fighter has a life on the side. I've never had another job.

I'm not fanatical or in love with being an MMA fighter.

I'm a MMA fighter, man. I'm a MMA fighter, all the way.

When you're a fighter, you have to be ready all the time. There's no 'I need a month.' It's always time.

I'm a purist, and I'm more a fighter than an athlete.

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.

I don't know how much the other fighters make. But I need to tell you that, for myself, money is not the first consideration.

There are those kind of fighters that just go in to get paid. That's not me, man. I have never been that guy.

We are still fighters.

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

British fans are the best, and we are seeing that. They love the sport of boxing. They follow, they travel, they love their fighters. They will go anywhere in the world to support you. They support better than any other country I've seen to this day.

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

I think what it is, is that fighters have become business people. I actually love what I'm doing. When you're a business person, sometimes you think of it as, 'Ah, it's work.' I love what I do, but then, on the other end, some guys do this as a living.

I ask myself, does Slipknot want to play next to the Foo Fighters? The answer is no, because my kids don't want me to do that.

All fighters put their lives on the line.

We need real and dedicated fighters and champions in the UFC. It's simply the best organization in the world.

At the end of the day, does the UFC really like its fighters?

Scott Coker's a martial artist. He's an honest guy. If you ask him to do something he'll do it, or else he'll tell you why he can't do it. That's what fighters need.

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

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

At one point in my life, I felt as if fighting was everything. It was everything. I put life second.

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