Top 55 Gegard Mousasi Quotes

I am one of the best, I should get paid like one of the best.

At 15, I went to boxing. That’s when I really wanted to be a champion, so that gave me a goal in life, so it kept me focused on training instead of other things.

I really like Robert De Niro.

There are four seasons in Iran, so you can go winter skiing, you can go in summer to the beach… it’s not a real tourism place, but it’s a nice country if you have family and friends to visit there.

Emotion works against you. The less emotion, the more you use your brain and fight smart.

Getting in the cage, it’s not like I need a whole mental preparation for it. It’s just a fight.

With the UFC it’s like, you make okay money, and only if you’re the champion do you make good money. So they’re keeping the fighters deliberately poor so they’ll keep fighting.

Men have to stay strong. ‘They fight, it’s normal. Females don’t have that instinct.

I have a lot of nicknames. They called me Kingo in Japan, they called me the Young Vagabond, but that sounds bad, then Soldier of Fortune, now they call me the Dream Catcher.

I don’t like watching the females fight. It’s just not attractive for me, but not like in a looks way.

I’d rather have no nickname, but with my style, you can’t really put a name on it.

Derek Brunson’s stand up is horrible, I’m sorry. The guy is a good fighter but his stand up is just terrible. He’s an amateur fighter stand up wise.

People ask me questions, they ask me if I can beat Michael Bisping. Of course I can beat Michael Bisping.

If I would fight Michael Bisping, I would be the favorite. Everybody knows that.

Maybe I’m not the best fighter, but I’m always going to fight, no matter who it is.

For a wrestler, I think it is much better to fight in the ring than in the cage. The cage has more advantage for the stand up fighter.

I like fighting in America.

I have losses to Machida and Lovato, and I’m going to avenge them both.

Just pay my what I’m worth. I’m a fair guy, I’m not asking more than what I’m worth.

I see some fighters lose very badly, but still they get more praise or they’re not overrated. They’re just good fighters in a lot of people’s eyes. But I feel like one loss with King Mo, it made me a very bad fighter somehow.

People like crap. It doesn’t matter. I think if you have a big mouth and you perform so-so, it is what it is. People are going to notice you more. Nice guys come last. Let’s say it like that.

Normally for me, it’s not interesting. When do you see in the jungle, female fighters fighting each other? I mean it’s not human nature.

My dad would take me to judo a few times a week. I got all these things that I was able to do once we were set up in Holland. Everything was taken care of. I think Holland is a country that takes care of their people – one of the best countries in the world.

I’ve trained with Douglas Lima, he’s a tough kid, but I could feel the weight difference.

It’s just a personal challenge, I’d like to see how I can do as a boxer.

I fought K-1 at heavyweight.

When you constantly claim you are the best, people start to believe that. I see that happen a lot. You can convince a lot of people by talking, even if that has nothing to do with your actual performances. But that’s not my thing.

I know I’m underrated.

People always talk. People say rude stuff. It bothers you but I’m not losing sleep on it. I don’t care.

People just see what they want to see.

As a fighter, you want fair treatment.

I believe that style-wise, matchup-wise, I matchup much better against Anderson Silva than Jon Jones, but it doesn’t mean that I’m scared to fight at 205.

A fight is a fight. You can have any style.

Luke Rockhold is the guy I want to face.

Whenever I’ve felt that there was a lot of pressure on me. I perform at my best.

I watch the comedy shows like ‘Married With Children,’ ‘Friends,’ ‘Family Guy,’ and ‘Everybody Loves Raymond.’

I was champion in Dream at middleweight, I’m champion in Strikeforce at light heavyweight, and my final goal is to be heavyweight champion of the world.

I’m a solid fighter.

I respect all my opponents and they do the same thing that I do to get ready for fights.

Even if I win the belt, I’m going to be underrated. It is what is it.

I talk bad about Uriah Hall all the time but I don’t dislike the guy.

With me, somehow because I’ve been fighting outside the UFC, I still have to prove myself.

I don’t want to tell sad stories about myself. We may not have had a lot to spend when I grew up, but my childhood was good. The public likes to hear a dramatic story. They want a star to rise, have a meltdown and then return to greatness. Very American.

I defeated Dan Henderson, he’s making tons more money than me. I defeated Mark Hunt. How is it possible Mark Hunt is making $800,000 with a record of 10-10?

I think as I get older, I’m going to look for the fun fights.

I feel like I’m one of the strong middleweights, physically.

I would beat Michael Bisping. I would jab his face the whole night. Easy.

I’d rather fight somebody in the top five rather than somebody in the top 15, but I’ll fight anybody.

My goal is to get the belt, the UFC belt.

The more fights I have the more relaxed I get in cage or ring. It’s all about experience. It’s something that I try to do because I fight better when I am relaxed.

Iranian people are very hospitable, very family-oriented and besides that they have a very beautiful country.

I like all kinds of music artists like Akon. I even listen to Lady Gaga.

People always say I’m a bad loser.

After doing boxing a little bit, I knew that I wanted to achieve what the other boxers were achieving: the championship and whatever comes with the championships.

My goal was never to be the best. I always wanted to make my money, and, of course, I always wanted to win my fight. Because if you keep winning, people got to say ‘yeah, he is the best middleweight.’ But to be honest I don’t care.