Top 45 Tony Ferguson Quotes

One day, my bike tire broke miles from home and I found a way to fix it. That’s what I learned: Even if you don’t have all the tools, you can improvise.

It would be nice to finish Khabib via liver shots, wouldn’t it? I just want to see him wincing in pain on the ground where he belongs.

I grew up around really tough-nosed guys so that’s all I know.

I’m a champion and I fight like a champion with or without that belt.

I’m a fight finisher.

Starting at age 6, I was helping install the Formica table tops with that strong glue. My dad was the master. I was the apprentice. I’d be in there working until I’d be telling him, ‘I feel woozy,’ and he’d say, ‘Go outside, son.’ So I’d go organize his tools. He used the best ones made.

I show up. I make weight. I’m a professional.

I like to have job security.

I’m the people’s champ.

Opportunity sometimes comes once in a lifetime.

The lightweight title will be mine, but I’m looking for multiples and I am looking for that best pound for pound spot.

Nobody wants to be trapped inside that cage me. They don’t want to be cut by my elbows, they don’t want to get hit by any of my kicks and they don’t want their conditioning checked by me.

Well, being my type of fighter and my type of guy, you know I throw a lot of barrage of punches, kicks, knees and elbows.

I’m tired of labels. This is my label right here: El Cucuy.

I’ve been training like an Olympian.

Preparing for a short-notice fight is dangerous, it doesn’t even matter who you are preparing for. Short-notice fights suck.

It’s what you do after making a mistake – that’s what I like to see. As long as you mature and grow with it, that’s fine.

I’m a fan pleaser.

I don’t want to be a cookie-cutter-poster-boy-bubble-gum-chewing fighter.

We’ve never had somebody to secure the legacy for the 155-pound division.

If you don’t show up, you lose.

I’m tried of D’arce, D’arce, D’arcing people, but if I have to D’arce somebody else up, the D’arce Knight will return.

I can take a hit, I know I can hit back twice as hard.

It’s not just about knockouts, son. This is mixed martial arts. It’s about finishing people. It’s about putting in that time, putting in all five rounds.

I always want to fight someone who is going to be game out there.

I don’t fight for anybody else besides myself and my family, so therefore I win.

I don’t like red. I like blue. That’s my color.

I want to be a multi-division champ.

This is the fight game. I’m not worried or scared about absolutely anybody who’s not talking about me.

I’m looking for pound-for-pound list to be the best in the world and it takes belts to get there so let’s get there.

I don’t want to be close with anyone who’s wishy-washy.

I’m gonna be always the main event.

A lot of people like to trash talk, but I don’t. I like to use my movements inside the cage to do my talking.

I can go down to 145. I can kick everyone’s butt there.

Any of my previous fights before the UFC and ‘the Ultimate Fighter’ were all main events and co-main events.

That’s what I signed up for in the beginning. I was 170 pounds; 155 was forced on me.

Don’t give me an easy fight. I want somebody that’s worth it, that’s put in their time and put in the amount of effort.

What looks better with that ‘Ultimate Fighter’ plaque that’s on my wall? That belt. I’ll tell you what, I won’t stop until I get it.

Once I lose focus that’s when I’m going to go tumbling down the hill.

The money will come to you, you’ve just got to keep winning.

I might not always be given the respect that I should have, but it’s what fuels me.

You don’t have to use aggression to squash somebody. You have to use your brain.

You can love somebody without liking them.

I’ve never been much for the accolades and for the trophies and for the merits because at one time in my life I kind of got bored of all those.

I don’t follow nobody. If people want to follow me, it’s because they see talent.