My three most impressive fights have been against black belts in jiu-jitsu.
To win the four major title belts, to be the unbeaten champion and 10 years a champion – it’s amazing. I’m so proud.
My best moment in the UFC, I guess now that I look back, I guess my biggest accomplishment is the two belts in two weight classes. I really wanted to see if I could make it three, but you know, you’re talking about the best guys in the world.
So, I gave my belts out to others to give them a chance.
Only in death will I relinquish my belts.
At one time, when I was first starting, when I was first champion, I wanted to be undisputed champion so I could hold all the belts and no one else could say they were champion. Then you realize the boxing business, the politics, get involved and it’s not very likely you can accomplish all that.
One can construct a strong legal and ethical argument for minimizing the fees that are paid to world sanctioning organizations in conjunction with championship bouts. It’s not uncommon for skilled fighters to be denied championship opportunities while less-talented but better-connected boxers fight for belts.
I’m sure Adrien Broner would jump at the opportunity to pick up two belts in one night, and I think a lot of big names would take that opportunity.
My motto is to go wild on the accessories – the belts, the hair clips, the jewelery.
For me, I don’t see Madrid in a crisis. And I don’t think it’s for me to carry the team – there are players who are much more experienced, have more years playing under their belts, and more status than I have, and they’re the ones who have to lead the team.
Over the next decade, cities and states across America will be compelled to tighten their belts as the really big bills – the pension bills they cannot afford – come due. They’ll have to go after existing contracts with current workers.
The U.S. has been living in a situation of excesses for too long. Consumers were out spending more than their income and the country was spending more than its income, running up large current-account deficits. Now we have to tighten our belts and save more.
Even as a teenager, I wanted to move up the weights and win belts.
When I was a kid, dressing right and looking good was a priority. As I grew up, I just wanted to stay that way, stick out a bit and have my own thing. That’s where white belts and wearing some colors started. So signing with Puma was a great fit for me. I usually travel with nine pairs of golf shoes and 10 belts.
Countries with deficit don’t want to pay the bill, and they want to get more loans, and countries with superiority, they don’t want to help the countries with problems, and they just want them to tighten their belts.
As families and small businesses alike are tightening their belts to account for the worsening economy, they have every right to ask: ‘Why isn’t my government doing the same?’
I’m not turning down the opportunity to walk out the ring with four belts.
Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
I’m looking for three belts. I’m looking to do something that’s never been done in this sport. I wanna go down to 155. I wanna go up to 185 and take the belt.
When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same.
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