Top 385 Fighters Quotes

One of the guys I’ve always said was one of my favorite fighters to watch was Sakuraba. He’s always been really creative. He’s got a great attitude, and I think he has the right approach of just going in there and letting it all hang out.

I just want one fight. Because, like, for me, it’s not about the status, not about the glory. It’s not about the money. Like, I just want to throw my hands and see what I’m made of. And I think that wrestlers and fighters have that same fighting spirit.

Canelo is not only the face of boxing, but he is probably pound-for-pound one of the best in the sport. He’s one of the most recognized fighters in all our sport. I think a victory over him, a convincing victory, would definitely solidify my spot and it would be inevitable for people to know who Daniel Jacobs is.

I think the fighters, we deserve certain respect, because we put our bodies and health on the line to entertain people.

I’ve got a really good job commentating and watching great fighters fight ringside.

In boxing, some fighters have good chins. You just have to be persistent and continue following the plan and trying to catch them nicely and, obviously, hope to be knocking him out.

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.

Really, if you get in the ring and box with someone for real, I don’t think it is a sport. As far as professional fighters, you are literally putting your life on the line.

It’s always good to have more promotions, give more fighters work.

I feel bad for guys in other sports that never work a job. Think about it, most MMA fighters have had to do something for money whereas a guy who was an athlete in college sport then went straight to the pros, he’s never had a skill outside of sport.

All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps.

I really like Deadmau5 and Coyote Kisses. And Foo Fighters too, I like rock.

There’s a difference between world-class fighters and club fighters. It’s similar to the distinction between a Grammy Award nominee and a guy who sings in Holiday Inn cocktail lounges.

Mexican fighters have a great tradition. They come to fight, and they don’t back down.

It is my job to sell these fighters. I’m now a business partner of the UFC. What I do directly affects my paycheck. I try my best. I just don’t want people to be indifferent.

I know what I am getting into with heavyweights. Not one of them can dictate against me because, firstly, they don’t have feet fast enough. Secondly, while there are far better athletes and stronger fighters than me, even some who are quicker, they don’t have the ring IQ I have. It allows me to dictate.

I want to be remembered as a fighter with integrity. A fighter who did it this way, who has respect because he wanted to push the envelope for the fighters.

Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were slaves by birth, freedom fighters by temperament.

It’s hard to just go one day from another to being one of the best fighters in the world to just stop doing what you love to do.

MMA was built on exciting fighters where people try to end each other.

My whole thing is I can’t wait to inspire the next young fighters from my hometown.

You need fighters like me to battle, because frankly The New York Times and the Washington Post are not going to fight the fights that I do.

I promote the UFC, I support it, I do my job, but the show’s about the fighters and the fans. It’s not about me. I’m there to enhance the moment for the fighters and enhance the moment for the fans.

I’d love it if everyone knew one Foo Fighters song.

Everybody knows that I am one of the greatest fighters of all time and I would beat all those guys.

Most fighters, when they’re finished, boxing turns its back on them.

Most professional fighters, male and female, hold day jobs, but the women’s game attracts a wide social spectrum: hash slingers, teachers, police officers, landscapers, stuntwomen. Many are wives and mothers. Their husbands or boyfriends work their corners, or hide in arena restrooms, scared to watch their bouts.

I would love to see Bellator come up and offer an opportunity for competition. Then, fighters could negotiate contracts, and they would not be limited to having only one opportunity, one option, where you have to take what’s given to you.

As a fan, I like watching fighters rather than boxers.

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.

You can’t put those guys like Marciano or anyone else in with today’s class of fighters.

I want people to talk about me in five, 10 years, 20 years, that I was one of the best female MMA fighters, that I was one of the best UFC champions in the world back in the day. This is what I want.

I’m ready to test my skills with the best fighters.

When it comes to fighting and other fighters, I try to be respectful.

I think just more that it’s okay for fighters to have a self-esteem. I think I’ve kind of shown that that’s okay. And as long as you put the hard work in, you can accomplish anything.

I think the morale of Taliban fighters has been affected adversely as a result of the lack of success.

Sometimes I just wish I played in a band like Foo Fighters.

I don’t like all the cheating that’s going in mixed martial arts. I don’t know what percentage of high-level fighters do it, but I think it would be a significant amount.

I would love to fight a lot more often, but of course it’s the UFC, and whenever they feel that they have an opening, then they can put us in there because there’s so many fighters.

I was weaned not on television or Wild West sagas but on stories of nationalism and patriotism. I would sit at my mother’s feet by the hour and drink in these exciting tales of the freedom fighters in our family.

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

The feeling between two fighters is profound. We go places where normal people don’t go. You smell a man’s blood, it smells like rust. You get into a clench, you feel his strength, you feel his desperation, he feels yours. You’re sharing this.

MMA fighters are said to be some of the best athletes in the world. My plan at the age of 47 is to show the world I am still one of the best athletes as well.

If you want to conduct terror against Israelis, which is unacceptable, send fighters to do it. Don’t send your women and children.

The cool thing about pro wrestling is we do a lot more acting as far as characters in general than MMA. I know a lot of people like the MMA fighters because they like the rugged look.

That’s the biggest problem with boxing in the United States. They do not promote it like they used to, when it used to be Howard Cosell and they showed it on ‘Wide World of Sports.’ Everybody knew all the fighters. Everybody was looking forward to the year when the Olympics came on.

You know why I’m so confident? Because I am working so hard every day. That’s why I am different than the other fighters and my opponents and the challengers. That’s why.

I give all the credit to God, he’s the one who keeps me healthy and I’m just doing what I’m doing. I love this sport. When I got into it I loved it and I’ve loved it since I was a young child. I’m one of those fighters that just really loved to fight and I embraced it.

I tell my sons all the time, ‘The most important thing in your life is fitness,’ but a lot of fighters go overboard.

I think other fighters can see that I’ve had hardships, in and out of the cage, and I’ve persevered and pushed forward. If other people can take that and incorporate it into their lives, then obviously that is rewarding for me to see.

A lot of fighters underestimate me. And what do you know? They end up being on the canvas.

I’ve said this before, but I need to repeat it again: Nothing impresses me more than when MMA fighters handle a particularly tough defeat with grace and class.

I have said many times I don’t want to be considered one who once flew fighters. That’s not who I am. I devoted the subsequent 50 years – more – to writing.

There are a lot of fighters with no family support, but your family are honest with you. Look at the types who were around Mike Tyson. They are not going to tell you when you are wrong; they’ll just call you the champ.

We get stereotyped as MMA fighters as being barbarian and trying to hurt people. A lot of us are college-educated, like myself.

Normally, I’ve found in my life that the louder you speak, probably, the less of a fighter you are. All the fighters I’ve had a chance and the honor to serve with didn’t pat themselves on the back, were pretty humble men and women.

People love the fact Chael Sonnen is saying he’s undefeated. It’s crazy to me that people like something like that but don’t give respect to the fighters that just put it on the line.

Training with the best fighters in the world and getting top coaching – I do feel it improved me a lot as a fighter.

Nobody stands out right now. Everybody has similar styles. None of these fighters have reinvented the wheel and created a new style.