Top 44 Sage Northcutt Quotes

I’m a bubbly, happy guy.

I’m honoured and blessed to even be in the UFC, much less be 19 years old in the UFC, knowing I have so much time to learn, so much technique to learn, everything all around to make myself better.

People see a lot of my standup, and that’s what I’m known for since I was trained in karate and kickboxing, but I also have ground game.

I’m always very humble.

I’ve trained my whole life, and I’ve always had the UFC be a goal of mine.

Getting to fight at my natural weight, that was huge for me.

I always talk about how Georges St-Pierre is my favorite fighter.

I’m training to be the champion. I become the champion of whatever I put my mind to, so I believe I will be the champion. I think the UFC will be able to realize that, and we’ll see what they say.

I wanted to study to be a petroleum engineer and get my engineering degree and fight in the UFC at the same time. But unfortunately, to be the best I can be at the UFC, I needed all focus to be there, and more focus, also.

I believe the UFC knows what they’re watching and looking for, so I always try and put on a great show for everybody watching and try to go out there and finish my opponent and do something exciting. I believe a lot of people come out to watch me and see me perform.

I’m in the UFC; this is a sport about fighting. If someone wants to fight me, or someone wants to fight someone else… you’re here to fight each other, so I get it.

I’m a totally different person in training.

I believe coming in early to the UFC gives me an advantage. More time to learn, more time to be in the UFC and get better as a fighter.

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

I feel the power in words that you can turn into reality.

I just want to say real quick, whatever kind of problems you’ve been going through, maybe you’re having a hard time at work, maybe you’re having a hard time with your family, whatever it might be, you can overcome that. You just have to keep your hope up.

Georges St-Pierre – he’s so awesome. It was very great getting to roll around with him and getting to train with him. He’s so nice and so friendly, and he’s very humble, too.

I’ve always thought about welterweight.

I know people want to get out there, and they’re all tattooed up, and they’re all serious and stuff and ready to fight. I’m ready to fight, but I still have a smile on my face at the same time.

I think I’m one of the fastest and strongest lightweights out there.

I think for the UFC to re-sign me, that would be something that’s great.

I want to be super well-rounded.

I’m studying at A&M, and that takes so much hard work, so much dedication, and that effort is very tough.

I’m taking it one fight at a time. But I always see myself being victorious.

Houston is super cool, and Katy is super cool, and so is Sacramento.

The UFC expects you to perform at your very best. If you’re barely training, if you’re spending the majority of your time on school, it’s impossible to be at your best.

You only get one chance to fight in the UFC, and while you have the chance, you might as well take it.

I really don’t listen to any of the negative stuff. Anything that’s positive, that’s kind of the stuff I’m listening to, and that’s kind of what, like, brings you up.

I know I have great grappling myself, and I know how I do with submissions.

What’s neat about Sacramento is that you can drive – which I’ve done with the team a bunch of times – is drive, like, an hour or an hour and a half, and you’re in Lake Tahoe, and you can go out to the lake or go up in the mountains or go off-road driving or hiking.

I’m always learning and getting better with my technique.

People can say what they want. But you can silence a lot of people when you go out there and win.

I feel like I have goals that I set, and I try to accomplish those goals, so no matter what room I step into, I know the direction that I’m wanting to head.

Personally, I think I might end up fighting heavyweight in the future. I can just see myself keep growing. I’ll be 24, 25, growing 2, 3, 4 more inches, and putting on a lot of muscle. I can absolutely see it.

Every day at Team Alpha Male, I’m improving. The biggest thing with that camp is everyone is so positive and has the work ethic to go out there and push the pace and keep going and going and going.

Each day is new, and I feel like I show something better each day.

The UFC offered me a fight against one of the Top-10 fighters named Demian Maia. I believe he was, like, No. 2 at the time. They obviously believed in me to think that I could face one of the best guys in the division.

I try to be very smart and use wisdom about everything.

Everybody who is fighting at UFC 200 is awesome! It’s going to be awesome to get to meet everybody. I’m excited.

I do have a lot to learn, and I think that has a big factor in everything. Being 19 years old and being able to be in the UFC has a big effect on every single thing that people look at.

I’m still trying to figure out being calm.

Typically, when someone gets a choke on me, I have a pretty strong neck. It’s usually hard to choke me.

By the time I was 4 or 5, I was doing 250 push-ups and sit-ups a day. When I was 6, we bumped it up to about 500 push-ups and sit-ups a day. Some days it could even be 750 or 1,000.

I’m always pretty much smiling.