Top 60 Anthony Johnson Quotes

Whatever the champion can do, you always need to believe you can do more. It’s a mental thing.

Koscheck has evolved and he’s a great fighter and now he’s got hands, so he’s more dangerous.

At first, I wanted to compete and win a world title because I knew I was supposed to win a world title. I felt it.

At 185 in the UFC they had Rich Franklin and Anderson Silva, and I couldn’t go to 205 – they had Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell and all of those big guys. I just wasn’t mature enough, so if I hadn’t fought at 170 I probably wouldn’t have had the career I’ve had.

First and foremost, I want to be the champ.

I’m a good wrestler.

I don’t think anybody should put limits on what you believe you can do.

I never come into a fight with any type of emotion.

People have ups and downs. Things happen for a reason.

When I dropped Daniel Cormier I definitely tried to finish him off.

I think NFT is a grand slam.

If I see an opening, I go for it.

I had my issues for 2014, but at the end of the day, it was still an amazing year for me.

I just don’t see anything Vitor can do to me that I can’t do to him and then some.

Most people when I hit them once, they’re done.

Every fight, I feel that I get better, and better.

I don’t take anybody for granted, but I see myself beating each and every fighter that I face.

I know I can end a fight in a second, but I never think about being one of the most dangerous guys. I’m just not that way.

After I got cut by the UFC for not making weight, I realized I was making myself look like a fool. I was hurting my team. I was hurting my family. I was hurting myself.

I want to keep making history, keep entertaining, and keep making guys shake in their boots.

Wrestling is not on my radar.

We’re supposed to make mistakes and learn.

When I was younger, I was young and wild.

If you’re a fighter, you’re an alpha male. You have a chip on your shoulder.

DC will always talk. I just found out he just talks. I kind of figured it out. He talks just to hear himself talk. I know he wants to be that guy that’s a big time promoter and all this other stuff, but I think he’s his own biggest cheerleader and his worst promoter for sure.

I want to stand with everybody as that is where you show the men from the boys.

I ain’t trying to fight until I’m 35. I’m trying to make my money and go on to something different – do bigger and better things with my life. Hell, I don’t want to get punched in the head that damn much. I’ve got other things I want to do.

One thing you have to know is that I’m a guy who likes sweet drinks.

I go in and I fight and I do my best, win or lose. That’s just what it is with me.

I like all sports, even golf.

As long as I win and keep moving forward, I make a statement every time I win.

There’s no man on the planet that has a five-fight win streak that isn’t confident.

A lot can happen in 41 seconds.

I just gotta keep improving until I know that if I end up in a certain situations I know that I can feel comfortable.

I’m trained to fight, not chase people around.

I learned you can’t control everything. You’ve got to roll with the dice sometimes.

I don’t believe in fighting any dog period.

Going down to 170 was hell. But if I hadn’t fought at 170, people wouldn’t know who Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson is.

Glover is a brawler.

In Sweden everybody is so calm and relaxed. I love it.

I don’t expect to fight people who are not on my level.

The grandmothers always want someone to eat.

I don’t know what I’m painted as. I can be happy as hell and then someone says something and I feel different. People are going to say whatever they want to say to… get people to read their story. I just ask people to write the whole, complete story.

When you face a guy like Nogueira, you think, ‘OK, this is about to be a battle,’ because the last name Nogueira means a lot.

I hold my breath with my punches in the fight and you know how that catches up with you.

I want to be like Georges St Pierre, working my way up from the ground and be the best.

Exciting fighters put on exciting fights, and that’s what fans want to see.

I’m going to believe in myself. I don’t care what anyone says.

We all work hard. We don’t have time to sit back and wait on anyone. It’s a short career.

Nobody’s perfect and if somebody says they’re perfect then please, let me meet them.

When you’re fighting a guy like me, you just never know what’s going to happen.

I’ll always keep fighting, keep being myself and be as respectful as I can be to stay as true to myself as I can and stay humble.

My grandparents are amazing and most people love their grandparents. It’s no different with me.

Things happen all the time and nothing ever goes the way you truly planned.

I take very good care of all my dogs and I treat them all the same.

I learn from my mistakes and I learned how to accept things and how to take them whenever my opponent changes.

I don’t mind fighting Vitor or anybody else they give me. I don’t care.

If I’m tired one day, then I’ll take the day off instead of pushing through it, because then that’s when you hurt yourself.

It wasn’t that I didn’t think I could hang with the guys at 185 or 205. I just thought I’d be the more dominant guy at 170. I’m not afraid of anybody in any weight class. That has never been an issue.

Much respect to Daniel Cormier, he’s a hell of an athlete and hell of a champion.