Quotes About Fighting

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.

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

I've learned from every single fight, every single opponent - some great fighters.

I want to fight every opponent and take them out, no matter who it is. I'm here to prove that I'm the best in the division.

I love the competition, going out there for 90 minutes, fighting your opponent. If you take this competition away from me, I am not happy.

I always fight better when my opponent's angry.

Man, I never got to fight a ranked opponent at 155, and that wasn't because I wasn't winning.

I've said many times I don't want to pick opponents, and I don't want the UFC to pick opponents to give me an easier route, or anyone else.

I fought three opponents in one night two or three times, but never five rounds.

To stay in the UFC while fighting top opponents... tell me one easy fight I had in the UFC. I have a history in the UFC.

Every fight, I'm fighting blind opponents. I don't know who it's going to be, who I'm fighting, if I'm really fighting them.

Sometimes my negativity worked to my advantage, and early in my career, it got me going. But you need to understand that you're not just fighting opponents, you're also fighting yourself.

I broke people's bones, tore muscles, ribs, faces, inflicted some serious and heavy damages to my opponents, etc... I got hurt myself, too, from serious attacks.

I don't have any ill will towards any of my opponents. I understand we are the highest calibre of athlete in this sport, and we will both go and give it our all. But I don't want anyone to misinterpret what I am saying: when we step into that octagon and we touch gloves, I am going to break his face.

I want to fight for a credible organization and face high caliber opponents.

You always need to have the highest respect for your opponents. If you see them fighting, you know you have to give something extra.

I've knocked out a lot of my opponents.

A win is a win, but a decision for me is not an option any more.

My relationship with Joe Silva has always been him saying 'hey I want you to fight this day' and it's like alright sounds good. I don't really look at it as an option.

At the end of the day, that's just boxing - it's a different sport altogether. But when I finish fighting for the UFC, there are so many different options I have. Boxing is another option I could take.

There's no shortage of fighting talent in the UFC; that's what makes it such a great organisation, and that's why I'm so proud to be a part of it.

I'm Latin, and my family is originally from Italy, so we're a loud group. There's always a lot of food, a lot of talking, a lot of fighting.

I can explode from both stances as a fighter. I can get up into my southpaw, give one good jab, sprawl, then get up into my orthodox, sprawl, go into southpaw and jab.

At school, I was a lot more advanced compared to the other kids but I didn't like authority and was kicked out for fighting.