Anderson Silva Quotes

There are only two kinds of men; the dead and the deadly.

Danger is cool.

I like the edge of danger.

I'm not into these mollycoddled sorts of things; I like a bit of danger. I haven't got a death wish, but it makes things exciting, doesn't it?

Not only do the brave get killed, but the brave have a better chance of it.

I got quite bored when I was hanging in the air. I want to do it without a parachute next.

I like walking on the edge.

I do all my own stunts!

I've been doing extremely dangerous activities for a long time, but I've been lucky enough to have survived so far. However, sooner or later we all die... and, if that's the case, I want to die doing what I love to do the most. That's how I view death.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

I'm riveted by extreme sports like big-wave surfing, 'megaramp' skateboarding and half-pipe snowboarding. I'm fascinated partly because the sports are so exhilaratingly acrobatic. But I'm also captivated by the fear that a terrible accident might happen at any moment. And accidents do happen.

I like living on the edge.

Sometimes you need to play with a knife between your teeth.

I like to fly close to the edge. I like to play with fire.

I do have a little danger in me, a little thrill-seeking part.

When I was 11, I was with my cousin in a scrapyard; there were three trains on top of each other, and we climbed up to the top. It was really high, and I nearly fell off, but my cousin grabbed the back of my shirt.

Live dangerously. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

Life has to be dangerous.

You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.

Many people use the words 'death defying' or 'death wishing' when they talk about wire-walking. Many people have asked me: 'So do you have a death wish?' After doing a beautiful walk, I feel like punching them in the nose. It's indecent. I have a life wish.

I should have died in ambushes a hundred times.

Every time I stepped into the ring, somebody wanted to kill me.

If you don't get killed, it's a lucky day for anybody.

Unquestionably, it was going to be highly dangerous. Yet I felt it was quite natural to jump at the task. After all, if you don't like action and excitement, you don't go into police work. And, what the hell, I figured, nobody lives forever!

I think there's something in the human psyche that we're titillated by the person who flies too close to the candle and their wings get singed.