Quotes About Combat

Suffering makes me hungry. Suffering allows me to put some hurt in my opponent. It's a good thing.

I'm trying to keep the face of my opponent more or less not damaged but eventually to execute the plan and knock him out.

If there are cracks in your armor, your opponent is going to find them.

The game is a war, and in a war you fight. My opponent is just the director of the opponent's army.

The more dangerous my opponent is, the better I fight.

I like the octagon because there are no corners; there is nowhere for my opponent to go.

Every fighter fights in the ring the way his opponent lets him fight.

I think what's dangerous about being an actor who does action movies is you think, 'Well, I can totally handle myself now.' But if my opponent didn't know the other half of the routine, I don't know how well I'd do.

I like to stand right in front of my opponent. I think it makes for an exciting fight.

Nate Diaz is a tough opponent. I've fought him.

The bigger my chest is, the more it gets in the way. It just creates space. It makes me much more efficient if I don't have so much in the way between me and my opponent.

The more dangerous the opponent, the better fight I've fought. It always made me move in ways I'd never moved before.

I come in the ring to feel, check, and see my opponent. Then I understand him and understand the fight.

I'm always prepared for five, six rounds. I train hard. Sometimes it's over quickly, but you have to be prepared for every round, always respecting your opponent.

I'm not going to go out there and have these slugfests, but I'll go out there and dominate my opponent. That's what I do in my fight.

We always try the knockout, but it's hard to get it if the opponent always runs away.

I always fight better when my opponent's angry.

I never really have a game plan other than to finish my opponent as quickly as possible.

Whatever UFC wants to do or any opponent they want to give me, I'll be ready for that.

It's often my opponent's plan to take me into the later rounds, but the amount of damage that has accumulated on them means they don't hear the final bell.

You have to know your opponent and take him out of his game.

Wrestling is different than MMA or boxing or really any other contact sport in that you can't really draw along an opponent.

In mixed martial arts, if you get kicked in the face, it's your job not to show any expression to your opponent.

David Haye was the perfect opponent for me because he was a small heavyweight with a big name and we were about the same size.