Michael Bisping Quotes

I respect all the fighters. I respect Georges St-Pierre because Georges has a great story in the UFC. I respect all the fighters in here because this is the biggest sport in the world.

All you've ever seen in the UFC was the greatest athletes in the world. Never, ever did we do a freakshow and we won't.

It was very important to me to join an organization that has an established track record of helping young fighters grow into world class athletes and champions. Gladiator Challenge has been a home to such fighters as Quinton Jackson, Rashad Evans, Urijah Faber, Tyson Griffin, Chael Sonnen, Michael McDonald, and many others.

Boxing is a sport, but it's also entertainment. I wanted to transcend the sport and be considered just not as a fighter, or a champion, but someone very special.

On a global stage, I have respect in the goalkeeping world.

I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.

Amazingly enough, athletic achievement is one of those things that seems larger than life at points. I think we all look to sport for inspirations.

Who retires before they even get to the UFC? Losers, that's who.

You know, MMA doesn't need New York, New York needs MMA. And I say that with all due respect to New York.

I'm a huge fan of the Diaz boys. I'm a huge fan of what they've done for our sport. I feel like it's not about the rankings anymore. Sometimes the rankings are a little shaky.

I love this sport. I love the fights and I love most of the guys in it.

I have nothing against nobody in the UFC. This is a sport for me.

The more fights I have in the UFC, the more people I meet, the more opportunities I have to make an impact.

UFC has done a fantastic job of establishing the biggest leading brand in mixed martial arts. Years ago, many people didn't know what MMA was nor understand the sport.

UFC have the best fighters.

I'm an employee, I work for the UFC.

I don't want to fight Urijah. He's the one that got me into the sport.

A lot of people in MMA do part-time jobs.

Thank God the UFC and MMA gave me a lot of stuff.

A goal of making it to the Olympic Games has motivated me to work very hard in my sport.

I respect Conor McGregor a lot because this man changed everything in the UFC.

At the end of the day, UFC is a business.

In this sport, the good thing about the UFC and MMA in general is a lot of it's based on perception.

When I went to college, I came across MMA. My first reaction was, 'No, I don't want to fight. I just want to learn jujitsu.' I didn't know what UFC was; in my mind it was this violent, ugly sport. But when I watched my first amateur fight, I fell in love with the sport and thought it was beautiful.

My general idea about my work is that it's more about the work than the things that come with it. I am constantly striving to improve on that and find new things to do there. That journey itself is so interesting is because there's so much to do that there's no room for doubt there.