Fedor Emelianenko Quotes

I feel like a fight is a season. When you're in the UFC, one fight is the equivalent of a whole football season, so when you lose a fight, the fans only remember you from your last fight, so it's very important to perform well, and to keep winning.

All I can do is make sure Demetrious Johnson does the best he can on fight night and goes out and wins his fights.

Benson Henderson is a professional; he's a champion. He knows how to handle himself in the cage and he knows how to win fights.

Junior Dos Santos is one of the best heavyweight fighters of all time, and he has proven it by being a champion. That is something that I want to be in my career, and I understand to achieve that, I have to beat guys like him.

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.

I thought boxing was stupid.

All I cared about in tennis was winning.

I have always adhered to two principles. The first one is to train hard and get in the best possible physical condition. The second is to forget all about the other fellow until you face him in the ring and the bell sounds for the fight.

When I get finished with fighting, I hope they ask the same questions. It's not my purpose to answer them. Boxing is the art of self-defense. I knock 'em out the first chance I get.

Boxing is about hunger.

The fight game has never been just about winning.

When I started fighting I've always thought about being a UFC champion.

I don't know how many times I've went to bed at five, six o'clock in the morning and woke up at 10, running four miles because I wanted to beat GSP that bad.

I mean, I've had fights with random guys, I drove to fights by myself cutting weight, no corners whatsoever. So I've had a very interesting MMA journey.

People always say, 'I want to be the best fighter in the world.' That's why I respect Conor. He said he wants to be the best fighter in the world, and he's trying to prove it.

You only get one chance to fight in the UFC, and while you have the chance, you might as well take it.

I'm a competitor in anything I do, especially boxing.

I'd turn up to the gym early and just be there, waiting outside, knocking on the door. It was something I thought I was decent at. I enjoyed fighting; it's how I've always been.

Chuck Liddell loves to fight. That's his passion. That's what he loves in life. But there comes a day and age - fighting is a young man's game.

I don't step back, that's football. It's about winning.

Dominick Cruz is a great opponent, he has an amazing style.

For me, I've been a part of a super-team in Team Alpha Male for so much of my career.

I never go into a fight thinking, 'I have to finish this guy' - that's not a part of my game plan. I go out there and fight the way I fight.

Playing defense hard gets me going offensively.

It's the fight game. I'm ready for everything.