Quotes About Combat

I have this want-to-be-liked thing, but deep down, I had this rage. I was just - I was blinded. I wasn't healthy enough to be able to learn more. I had one mode - to fight.

You have to go out there and win battles before you can raid the dead of all their belongings.

A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat.

I mean... if you're raised as a decent human being, killing somebody is against every moral thing you've ever been taught. And so, generally, in combat it's 'krauts,' the 'gooks,' the 'yanks' - whatever you want to do to try and make it so that it's not a human being.

I don't think too many guys are raising their hands trying to fight me.

Some guys are real noble guys, like Rich Franklin or Randy Couture. These guys are just really good people who happen to fight.

My favorite opponent is probably Randy Orton.

I'm an eight-year Green Beret, Ranger, sniper.

Every fighter has to go in there with a game plan.

It's all about being sharp and not taking too much damage. That's always the game plan.

Be smart, fight smart and stick to the game plan.

If people wanted to fight me in the garage, then bring them on, and I will fight them in the garage.

I'm not going to throw haymakers the whole fight; I'll gas out.

My fight-or-flight mechanism... had served me well in Gaza, in Afghanistan, and all the places I'd been.

I've been in the ring with some great workers, but anything that I can't see that's behind me - I wasn't a big fan of german suplexes or this buckle bomb because you can't see where you are in the air.

Rear-naked chokes are easy? Yeah, it's easy to get, but people are getting better at defending it.

I don't believe in past lifetimes, but if there was one, I had to be a gladiator.

I consider myself a gladiator.

I love 'Gladiator' and '300.'

When I'm on the court, I picture myself as like a gladiator.

I don't think there is anything more proud or glorious than standing in the arena as a fighter - that you've done it in on your own. That's why I love fighting.

I already asked for an opportunity to fight at Glory, but I'd like to fight at Rizin more.

No gloves cut a bit more, but that's not a problem if you don't fear blood.

I drop the gloves once in a while.