Top 50 Travis Browne Quotes

I guess you could call me a soccer dad.

Every coach has lost.

I didn’t come from wrestling. I didn’t come from boxing or kickboxing.

I just want to keep winning and moving forward.

I’ve been learning the ins and outs of the fight game and a little more of the technical side.

My fights all have great meaning to me because they give me the chance to put myself in a position I probably wouldn’t have been in before without all of this. The one thing I won’t lack in this business is motivation.

Dating is for children. Dating is for kids.

I did protection work with dogs. I trained dogs how to protect their handlers and owners. We’d teach them bite work, how to search buildings and deal with gunfire and stuff like that. Sometimes I’d be the ‘bad guy’ that dogs would attack in training.

Yeah, I want these fights where people are going to stand in front of me and I’m going to knock them out. But is that going to be best for me in the long run? Probably not. I want those situations and knockouts and submissions against guys who won’t just give them to me.

My size is a danger, my power and my athletic ability.

People beat themselves in this sport.

With all my workouts, I have a hard time keeping weight on. My body wants to keep losing weight so I have to eat more.

We go through those dark times and we need someone to lean on.

I learned as a fighter I know how to go out there and mess somebody.

I’m an average person, I just decided to work hard and dedicate myself to something. That’s the only thing that separates people like me from people sitting on the couch.

I’d love to be a coach one day, but before fighting I was into dog training. I was a handler and I really enjoyed that.

You hear a lot from the other fighters that have fought in Denver, you see some of the fighters are just gassing out.

I had offers to go overseas and play basketball but I turned it down because I wanted to stay local. So I got started in Jiu Jitsu, which was something I could be competitive at.

No matter who I fight, I’m going to be at a disadvantage in the experience department.

I just want my kids to grow up to become good men and that starts with understanding the world around them. That’s something I push them to do.

Basically, I played basketball for a small college out here in California and when I was done playing college, I settled down and got a job.

My choice was to become great, to become better than average.

I’ve never said ‘no’ to a fight and I’ve always been ready for anything they’ve thrown my way.

I’m learning how to fight. Just figuring out what I need to do to further myself.

That’s the place to be, is on the main card.

I’m not a dirty fighter.

The one thing I’ve learned about this sport is that it’s OK to be selfish at times.

Barnett is a veteran of the game, but at the same time, I’ve been fighting guys with a lot of experience my entire career.

There’s nothing nice about the cage. There’s nothing soft about it. It’s nasty. You get in there. You get dirty. You get beat up.

If you depend on the UFC for sponsorships, the only money you get is in-cage sponsorships? Then I don’t feel, as a manager, that you’re doing your job.

People want to see you go out there and be dominant and finish fights.

The thing about this sport is you will be held accountable for your words come a certain date.

I feel like every time I train, I’m moving so far forward. I’m constantly evolving.

Fighting is a part of life, right? It’s my career and all that kind of stuff.

I’m learning the science behind the sport. I’m learning how to read people.

I know I’m skillful and capable of finishing fights.

I feel like I might have an idea of what goes on at Jackson-Winkeljohn’s, but at the same time, that’s why Coach Jackson and Coach Winkeljohn are considered some of the best. They’re able to game-plan and bring the best out of their athletes.

If you want to fight, this is what’s promised to you. If you agree to it, then I don’t feel like you have the right to go back and say, ‘They’re not paying me that much.’ You agreed to it. This is your job. I think that some guys may forget about that a little bit.

Keep doubting me. Please keep doubting me. I will give you something to be upset about if you doubt me.

In Hawaii, where I’m from, I’m Hapa Haole. It’s pretty much if you’re mixed blood or have two different ethnicities or even more, you’re considered Hapa. It really means half but now it just means mixed.

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.

My whole thing is to stay humble and stay confident in my abilities.

I feel like a lot of people, because he’s Alistair Overeem, have catered to him.

During a round, unless the crowd is quiet, which a lot of times it isn’t in my fights, you’re standing there and the coach yells, ‘One-two, one-two low kick.’ Whatever it is, you don’t really hear stuff. When you’re in a fight and leather is being traded, I mean, are you really going to hear your coach?

That’s the hard thing about this sport. You don’t have a guy over you telling you what you have to do. ‘You have to do this, you have to do that.’ So at the end of the day, I’m responsible for myself. So what I do is I put people in place around me to help keep me accountable.

The respect that I get is going to be earned. That’s the way I look at it.

If you’re not scared to death of losing, then you need to get out of this sport or you’re going to get hurt.

This is a difficult sport and it’s a sport where you have to be prepared for so many eventualities and possibilities. It takes so much time and so much work. And as a guy with a family, there is a lot of sacrifice that must be made.

I’m a sore loser.

Whether friends or family, you know, if we’re fighting, then we’re fighting. And I have no problem with it.