Top 55 Diego Sanchez Quotes

I was one of the ones that created the expansion for the sport.

I believe that when you put your energy into your emotions, it takes away from the energy that you can put into your physical, your mental, performance in a fight.

I look back on people who are not the average, and those people are not the average because they choose to put it in their mind that they are not the average.

When I shadowbox, I go hard.

I will always be prepared for the ground. That’s my home, that’s where my success started. That’s always going to be my biggest strength. But all fights start on the feet; I’m prepared to slug on the feet.

I train my mind as much as I train my body.

If you’re going to be dominant in this sport, you’re cutting weight.

I feel like the octagon has been my life.

I’m just happy to have my job with the UFC and my bosses, they know the level of heart that I have, what I’ve put into this sport. They know what I bring to the company.

I don’t need no Tony Robbins. I don’t need no chi. I’ve got the blood of Jesus Christ flowing in my veins.

You can only get away with fighting as the lighter guy in a weight class for so long. That’s what I was doing at 170 pounds.

When it’s time to hang up the gloves, I’ll know.

We didn’t do training in grappling for Chiesa; I was about to put the hands on him, put the elbows on him, put the knees on him, put the hurt on him the way I’d trained for.

I’m doing this to survive. I’m doing this for my livelihood. I’m fighting with my heart and my soul and my passion. I’m going to give it everything I’ve got.

A lot of UFC fighters dream of getting in there and finishing a fight in the first round.

When I fought Kampmann, something happened in that fight and to me, it’s still the most epic moment in my career. I was losing and something happened and I flipped a switch.

The only person who can stop Diego Sanchez is Diego Sanchez.

I live for God and my family.

The only limits we have are the limits we give ourselves.

Guys are a little quicker on their feet at ’45. As far as wrestling goes, the guys at 155 or 170 are harder to take down.

I blew through all my money and made some very bad decisions. I had this scam artist scam me real bad and was embezzled over $175,000.

I feel like I always knew fighting was what I wanted to do. But when I was 18, I got into a street fight with this football player. He was a big guy and three years older than me. I really kicked his butt, and I realized I had a talent for this and needed to pursue it.

I feel like I’m a legend continuing to be a legend!

I have always walked around at 170lbs and fought at 170lbs.

I used to be in the trailer park with one glove on because I didn’t have two, punching myself in the face saying, ‘I’m Johnny Tapia’ to intimidate the other kids that I would box.

If I ever get into the BKB, yeah, it would be fun. I never really liked the gloves in the UFC anyway. So, I think it’s better. You got to pick your shots. You got to be smarter.

Michael Chiesa has written me off as many other men have written me off. As the Vegas oddsmakers have written me off, as the UFC has time and time again and time again written me off. As they have written me off to not be the Ultimate Fighter winner.

I train with the best in the world and it’s been an awesome experience.

I really liked the transition Demian Maia made from 185 pounds to 170. I plan on doing the same thing as a featherweight.

I was never really, truly learning anything at Jackson-Wink. I was just training with a bunch of a group of guys to where it was like a wrestling practice.

It’s been my dream to fight Matt Hughes for the championship.

The nightmare? The nightmare was myself. I was my own nightmare.

Martin Kampmann, that was a war. Jake Ellenberger, that was a war. Then I didn’t take damage until Gilbert Melendez.

In MMA you have to take one fight at a time but I want BJ Penn. The fans want to see it and, while I’ll fight whoever the UFC tells me to, I want a shot at BJ.

You can see the love I have for the sport. Blood, cuts, scars… I love fighting. I’m going to do it for as long as I can.

Go big or go home.’ I used to say that. I was addicted to that. The lifestyle, the fame. The girls. The parties. And with that came a lot of people who didn’t really care about me. They were just leeches. Just very bad people. I had to learn a lot. I was very gullible.

I’ve always been a good submission grappler, but I’ve still evolved, upped my skills and I continue to get better every day.

I feel a strong victory over Gilbert Melendez makes a definite statement.

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.

At welterweight, man, I’m confident in myself.

I dedicated my life to Jesus Christ, for real.

McGregor is a huge 145-pounder with long reach and is taller than his opponents – and that’s something that I’ve always wanted.

I’m not fighting for bonuses or money or anything else. I fight because I love to fight and I love being in the heat of the battle and the heat of the moment. You might laugh at me when I say this, but I love feeling like I gave the fans their money’s worth.

My first dream was to fight here in New Mexico, Albuquerque, my home town. My second dream is to fight in Mexico City.

I’m a warrior.

For a long time, I was living my life my way and not God’s way. I wasn’t living it by his rules, I was living it by my own rules. And that didn’t get me anywhere. I got to the point where I had no hope.

I know people think I’m just the Diego Sanchez from the Gilbert Melendez fight. Hook, hook, hook. A crazy brawler. But I realized the best possible fighter would not get hit. He’d close the distance and minimize the chances of the lights going out. I want to fight as long as I can and be as healthy as I can.

As long as I’m healthy and as long as I’m good, I want to fight as much as I can.

I’ve never been crazy when it comes to controlling my diet. I just avoid processed foods, don’t mix carbs and make sure I get my protein. I’m a carnivore. I love my wild game and especially my buffalo meat.

My motto is, ‘Just earn it.’

I just want to be Diego Sanchez. I don’t need a nickname. I’m me.

It’s been a long road for me, with a lot of ups and downs. Thankfully there have been more ups than there have been downs. For me, what brings me down has only made me stronger because of it.

After my Clay Guida fight, I went down a bad path, man. It was just not a good path. After my loss to B.J. Penn it just got worse. I got really out of control.

I’m a workhorse.

I want to represent positivity and I want to represent the good.