Quotes About Fighting

I don't think the number of followers has anything to do with how good I am fighting. That said, I am good at fighting, and I do have a lot of followers.

For me, being a part of the halcyon days of Pride Fighting Championships and then watching the explosion of the UFC following the 'Ultimate Fighter,' I've been fortunate to be in the right place at the right time.

I'm fighting the best guys in the world... I would be a fool to think I wouldn't leave with a little blood and a few scrapes here and there. You've gotta learn how to like that stuff.

I feel like a fight is a season. When you're in the UFC, one fight is the equivalent of a whole football season, so when you lose a fight, the fans only remember you from your last fight, so it's very important to perform well, and to keep winning.

My mother used to box, and I followed her footsteps into training. She loves fighting.

When I was fighting, there was no boxing in Saudi Arabia because it was forbidden.

I would have felt ashamed if I had not been part of the resistance and part of fighting back against the forces of the state.

Anderson's been here the longest, he brought our sport to the forefront. He's been around, and yeah, I've always been a fan and I've always enjoyed his fighting style.

Our foreign policy and our military policy is make sure that we fight on foreign shores and not shores here.

I have been very fortunate as to escape through another day's very severe fighting and escaped unhurt.

There's never been a southpaw fighter to make it five rounds with me. These are championship fights, and most of them can't even make it out of the normal rounds. Fought Chael Sonnen, TKOed him in round one. Fought Vitor Belfort. He made it to round four when I ended up submitting him.

I used to box a bit, and once fought as an amateur welterweight.

Who I have fought and how I have fought, it says something about me.

I usually fight a lot. 2015, I fought three times. I fought three of the best guys in the entire world.

I fought from the time I was eight years old, sometimes three, four fights a night. We did it to eat, and we did it because we were just tough kids.

When I was harassed and discriminated against, I fought as hard as I could - because I hadn't gone through all of that, I hadn't worked so hard my entire life, just to have someone take it away from me.

That's one of the reasons I retired. To stick around, the way I was fighting, I would have to start playing it safe. I went out on my shield. That's the way I liked it. I fought that way my whole career. I don't want to bore people my last three or four fights.

When I first fought in the U.S., the size of the crowd was something I was not used to seeing, but you get used to it.

In the year 2013, I fought six times. I fought four times in two-and-a-half months.

I've fought on some big cards. I've fought in some big arenas, on televised cards, pay-per-view cards, whatever.

I mean, we have all fought in a club. I'm kind of known for that.

I fought probably 23 or 24 times when I was over in China, in a year.

I would have loved to have fought 15-rounders, because I always come on strong at the end.

I've even fought with a broken hand, against Brian Magee.