Top 60 Mark Hunt Quotes

At the end of the day, none of us are really promised tomorrow anyway.

If you want to be the champ, you’ve got to beat the champ.

I do watch some of my losses, but it just makes me think, ‘Well, you know, should have done this; could have done that.’ But that’s why I don’t like watching it. It’s a shoulda/coulda/woulda thing.

I’ve still got my senses about me, and I know what’s right and wrong, which is the main thing.

I never turned down any fight. I’m always up for the opportunity.

I have, like, 12 screws in my hand.

Knocking someone out cold means you just caught them, that’s all.

If I get the boot out of the UFC, I’ll still continue to fight.

All I’ve ever said I need is an opportunity. Give me a chance, and I’ll take it with both hands and run with it.

Home was never a safe place for me. I felt safer on the streets.

Knowing and assuming are two different things.

A loss is just a loss. You get up again, dust yourself off, go at it again regardless of the circumstances. That’s the way I look at it.

When I’m fighting, I’m trying to find a reaction. I try to make the guy move; I try to make him do things that I want him to do. If he likes moving a certain way, I try to set something up so I catch him if he moves that way.

I’ve been given a platform with the UFC, so I might as well share my story.

I don’t ask to fight anybody. All I ask is to fight the best fighters in the world.

I always remember my dad’s blue overalls and the blue overcoat he wore in winter, and I remember my mum’s big old Afro. Sometimes, though, in my memories, smudges have replaced their faces.

I was a cheap criminal; I did many, many wrongs. I admit that. Of course, if I could tell each person I’m sorry, I would.

I’ve got my dreams. I want to be the best fighter on the planet.

Mentally, I could fight forever. I feel I’m the best fighter on the planet. My mind says I can fight forever, but physically, I won’t be able to do it.

It’s the fight game, and everyone loses. You win some, you lose some. You just try to get back up on the horse.

I eat too much.

I’m not going to underestimate any fighter.

You can hear me starting to stutter and slur my words.

I’ve done it my whole life: as a kid, when people made fun of you, I put positive stuff in there to keep me going.

My hands aren’t even that big.

There is nothing wrong with my health. Who doesn’t forget things from time-to-time? Who out there has never stuttered or slurred a word at some point?

Cheating is nothing to be proud of.

I’ve fought the best in the world.

I don’t turn down fights unless I’m injured. Never have. So it’s a part of my makeup.

There is nothing wrong with fighting, but when you’re fighting an uphill battle on an uneven playing field, that’s what I don’t like.

Coming from a standing background in striking, I couldn’t catch up to the guys with 20-plus years of training on the ground. I had to learn submissions. I found out it wasn’t an easy road. I had six losses in a row, but I still felt I was the best fighter in the world.

My sister is strong.

I never wanted to be a fighter. This is what God said I’m going to do, and I’m happy with that.

Fighting has been a part of my life for my entire existence.

Sometimes I don’t sleep well.

At the end of the day, that’s just boxing – it’s a different sport altogether. But when I finish fighting for the UFC, there are so many different options I have. Boxing is another option I could take.

I’ve been training jiu-jitsu for a while. It just didn’t really click in my brain. Maybe sometimes I get a bit lazy. By the time I realize I’m in trouble, I’m already caught. You can’t really think about it. You’ve got to just react as it happens.

I don’t feel pain like most people.

Every fight could be my last.

You don’t learn anything from quick knockouts. I learn more about myself from hard fights.

It’s not my decision, what goes on with who gets a title shot. I mean, some people get their shots in two or three fights. They’re pretty lucky. I wish I could be like them.

I’ve built a career in one of the toughest, most ruthless industries in the world. You can’t do that unless you’re completely with it.

I’ve been the best fighter in the world at kickboxing – they can’t take that away from me – but when I started in MMA, I realized how great this sport is. It’s the ultimate combat sport, and that’s why I want to be the world’s best at it.

You’ve got Jon Jones, for instance. That guy is the best, one of the best fighters in the world, but he’s a cheater.

Part of my gift as a fighter is being a human punching bag.

I’m always going to be a New Zealand fighter. I’m a Kiwi, of course, and I’ve still got my New Zealand passport.

I’m always going to say I’m going to knock someone out.

Every fight is different.

I’m never confident about anything, especially with law.

Whenever I start something, I try to finish it.

I was K-1 world champion.

A few months before my dad died, his eyes had started to go, and his skin was turning green. When he finally went to hospital, he was diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer. None of us kids knew why the old man ignored the doctors and refused their help, but none of us were surprised, either.

I’ve been fighting since I was a child, fighting to get out of my circumstances.

Anyone who knows me knows how sharp my mind is. I speak at a thousand miles an hour. I’ll hold a discussion or a debate with anyone.

They can be King Kong, Godzilla, or whatever – I don’t care what they have. Once you get a punch in the face or a knee in the head, all of those skills are gone.

If you don’t like to be hit, you’re in the wrong sport.

I’m always down for a battle. I was born down.

I’m a professional; I’ve got to be on weight all the time. There’s not excuses for that.

It’s not that I don’t enjoy fighting. I don’t enjoy the circumstances around fighting.

I’m not gonna waste my money watching two cheaters fight. Why would I? They’re cheaters, in the end. That’s basically all they are. They should get nothing.