Demetrious Johnson Quotes

I had good teachers and I loved to compete in jiu-jitsu. I was doing good, a world champ, but I always knew I wanted to fight.

In MMA, all of these coaches are doing their best.

Everything that I did to win a gold medal, I'm practically transferring it over to mixed martial arts.

When you're in a sport like speed skating where the clock gives you the results, there is always a faster goal or a personal best to beat.

MMA was like wrestling; I love competition.

When I was competing in Muay Thai I used to fight every month.

I never believed I was the best fighter in the world.

I don't want to be in the same weight division where it's almost looking like who's the better fighter? Who's the better twin?

Getting in the cage, it's not like I need a whole mental preparation for it. It's just a fight.

We are going to help the young talented athletes become world champions.

When I got into this sport, I thought all I had to do was beat people and finish fights, and everything else would take care of itself.

I'm an Ultimate Fighter winner at 170. At 155, I'm always proving myself. I have nothing to prove to any of the fans, but to myself, it's my skillset.

I love athletics and martial-arts and competition because it gets me right and puts me in the right place.

There's always going to be people talking so you just have to focus everyday and be the best fighter you can be in the Octagon on the day of the fight.

I feel like I can beat Jon Jones. I see some things in his game that I can capitalize on.

I'm trying to be the best lightweight fighter in the world. That's my main objective. I just have to keep my head up, keep training and enjoy this awesome ride that I'm on.

I'm the most underestimated lightweight in the world.

The field is fantastic, great runners, so the best you can do is stay in control, pace yourself well, and then utilise it when you can do better.

Actually, when I don't have a fight I'm training the hardest because I'm not worried about getting hurt.

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.

Fighting is a sport; if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you.

I've been training super hard at the Lopez Taekwondo Academy in Houston, which belongs to my brother Jean. For me, I think confidence is the biggest thing; it's all mental. I train with the best of the best, including my brother Steven, a five-time world champion who won Olympic gold medals.

I just want to give my best in London, I want to cross that line and see a personal best on the clock then I will see what position I am in.

I'm always open to suggestions. I'm open to opportunities. Whether I take them or not, I don't know. And I would only take them if I weren't training, if I didn't have a fight scheduled. I really want to keep my focus on fighting. That's where all these doors are opening up from anyways. I don't want to lose sight of that. I love fighting.

I just want to be a fighter. I just like to win fights.