Top 60 Alexander Gustafsson Quotes

It’s everyone’s goal to be a champion and I’m no different.

As a person, I learned that I could push myself.

I thought I was ready for a title shot after I beat Shogun.

In the past when I’d made my 33 lbs weight cut there would always be some small injury, my back, my knee or something else.

You have to think tactically and you can’t just go in and swing against the first best opponent.

I love the sport. I don’t have to work. It’s a kind of work we’re doing, but if you can do what you love every day, that means something.

Every fight is a learning experience, whether it’s a win or a loss.

I’m done thinking about, ‘I have to go up to be a title contender, I have to stress.’

I’m a better fighter than Rumble. I’ve got too many tools for him.

It’s a fun thing to do. Everyone thinks it’s fun to shoot.

It is difficult, but you need to be honest with yourself as an athlete, and have a team telling you the right things, being honest with you.

I wouldn’t duck anyone. I’ll fight anyone.

I feel like five rounds is nothing for me.

Everybody in Sweden knows MMA now. It’s mainstream.

I like to step into the Octagon and just show what I’m made of.

It’s hard to just go one day from another to being one of the best fighters in the world to just stop doing what you love to do.

I think motocross is a much more dangerous sport than what we do. These guys are flying through the air at high speeds rising their lives. What we do in the octagon is not even close to what these guys do on the course.

I want to beat the best guys.

I do not want to be a fighter that people should beat to get a title fight.

It feels like my life is much more than fighting in the Octagon.

I’ve never been a talker. I’ve never been a good salesman when it comes to selling fights.

The main thing I learned in San Diego was I can’t do this and compete with the best guys in the world if I’m just doing MMA as a hobby. It has to be my job.

If I wasn’t into MMA, I would definitely love to get into motocross. That is a much tougher sport.

You can’t relax, even for a millisecond in this sport.

DC is tough and he’s such a good athlete. I think he’s better at heavyweight than he is at light heavyweight. I think he’s stronger, he can eat and he doesn’t have to stress about the weight.

Whenever you’re training and warming up for the fights, you have your friends around you, you have friends that will compete and we push each other.

Even wrestling, now, I wear the helmet all the time. I’m not going to make that mistake again ever in my life.

We used to see spectacular things with Jon Jones when he fights.

I know I have the potential to beat DC.

I’m going to show everyone my real potential and I know I have the potential to be the best in the world.

I try to understand the sport more and more as I develop, and I try to be a better fighter overall and work on everything, not just every aspect, I try to combine it too. I work on it every day, and I try to be a better fighter in every practice.

I do not want to be in fights where people see me as an obstacle on the road. I want to be the man challenging.

Vests are for more than just function – they are fashion.

It’s not always about reach, it’s about footwork, it’s being fast, in and out, stuff like that.

That feeling of getting your hand raised. It’s hard to explain with words, you have to do it to understand the feeling of a ‘W.’ That’s what drives me.

I think Manuwa is a very dangerous fighter.

I’m a morning person.

I’m just taking one fight at a time and trying to fight the best guys, and have fun doing it.

I’m not a trash talker, that’s not my thing. But if someone asks me, I’m going to say what I feel and what I think.

If it was up to me, I wouldn’t lose at all, but when it happens, that’s when you have to show your real strength.

I try to always eat something good like protein pre-workout.

When you take that step to watch a fight you lost, it’s takes some courage.

I do not want to be a journeyman.

I’ve got my speed, my precision. I have tools. I’m going to use them.

Yes, I think I have talent.

I’ve been learning a lot in my years, it’s not just the fight itself, its a lot mentally fighting each other, that’s something I learned later days. I realize now it’s very important.

I’m a pretty big guy so heavyweight for me it comes very naturally.

I like to go to bed very early and get up very early.

I’m such a self-critic, that I find it hard to give myself credit for something.

I’ve always seen myself as a big light heavyweight fighter, I have a big frame and walk around quite heavy. So I’ve always had to cut around 33 lbs to make weight.

I feel my conditioning is one of my strengths.

I often eat a lot of food when I eat and I eat maybe three or four times a day. I eat a good breakfast I have a protein shake or something between breakfast and my workout. After working out I have a shake and then eat lunch.

I learned I can’t not be at full strength and fight.

I will continue as long as I know I have the potential to be the best.

I just hate losing.

We are not in the playground anymore, it’s not about who is the toughest, it’s about my career, I want to have a long and successful career.

DC is smart and he’s a big inspiration for me. Thirty-nine years old and two belts. I can’t really trash the guy and I can’t really have beef with him.

My big focus is to win every fight.

DC is a big boy, as tall as he is wide.

There are so many things that could happen and will happen that are out of my control.