Demetrious Johnson Quotes

Everybody's beatable. Mixed martial arts, there's many ways to win, and that also means there are many ways to lose, as well.

I'm in my best moment, seven straight wins, five by submission, two by knockout. I don't ever leave it in the hands of the judges.

But now in open division, I get to fight a lot more. I actually like that.

I believe I can beat Anderson Silva, and I believe that the skills that I have is something he'd have hard time dealing with, but to compete against the guy, first and foremost, would be an honor in and of itself.

I wanted to prove I was the best fighter in the world.

I've done jiujitsu a huge chunk of my life, and I try to spend a lot of time educating people on the nuances, the subtleness of the ground game. It's a big part of mixed martial arts.

Everybody knows a guillotine choke, and most know how to get to one. But if you can create a different way to get to that choke, then you're going to surprise people. However, that will only happen one time, because once it gets used that one time, everyone will see that and start to train for it.

I'm hooked on martial arts.

In the year 2013, I fought six times. I fought four times in two-and-a-half months.

When I fought Nick Thompson, I wasn't experienced enough. That was the first person that put me in a real fight. Before Nick, nobody had put me in a fight where I had to struggle.

You can have the best college wrestling in the world, but you can have terrible MMA wrestling.

My view on wrestling in MMA is changed a lot since I started really doing it.

Every fighting career is different.

Nobody wants to be trapped inside that cage me. They don't want to be cut by my elbows, they don't want to get hit by any of my kicks and they don't want their conditioning checked by me.

I thought if you tapped out, you lost the round. Come to find out, you actually lose the fight.

I want to be eventually be the best wrestler out there, be the best grappler out there, along with being the best striker - be all of them at one time.

I've got to become 'The ultimate Ultimate Fighter.'

Pro wrestling has absolutely helped my fighting.

There's always going to be some phenom fighter coming up. If they're special athletes and highly trained, they'll do big things.

I train jiu-jitsu and judo with the best guys there is, and the best guys for ground and pound.

Wrestling has always been a dominating force in UFC.

If you watch punches, kicks, and moves where there is contact, Cody Rhodes is one of the best.

If you're going to lose to somebody, losing to a guy like Brock Lesnar is not something that people will laugh at. Brock is arguably one of the top ten fighters on Earth.

The techniques that you learn as a male fighter are the same techniques you learn as a female fighter.

I expect The Rock would want to keep his pretty face intact for Hollywood. He better stay away from me in the ring. But honestly, anybody who wants to get into the ring with me and take the world title, just try!