Lyoto Machida Quotes

Mixed martial arts is great, and it's here to stay.

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.

I saw my first UFC fight when I was 15 and figured, 'This is what I want to do when I grow up.'

That was my biggest dream, to one day become champion in MMA and boxing. That is my biggest dream.

I want to fight a UFC fighter.

My friends joke that I'm a young veteran in the UFC.

When you're coming up, and you have Matt Hughes, Tim Sylvia, Jens Pulver and Pat Miletich, Jeremy Horn to train with and compete with - guys that have fought in Japan, all over the world - and you see these guys every day, you just embrace the grind and get after it: you have no choice but to succeed.

In my camp, we have Minotoro Noguiera and Lyoto Machida.

People can doubt me, and they'll do that forever, but show me a better, cleaner fighter in the UFC or in general.

I won the belt in DREAM, I won the belt in Strikeforce, every fight was just a fight, it wasn't something special, it just was getting in the ring and fighting.

There are certain things that I always dreamed of, like fighting in the UFC. There's just certain things that I feel like haven't been accomplished there. There's such great women coming up in the sport; seems like a wonderful time to be in women's MMA.

I knew I'd be in the UFC since I started my career.

I want to go against the best fighters. That's why I'm always calling out Georges St-Pierre.

Georges St-Pierre is a good fighter who is proving his place in MMA with every fight.

It's my biggest goal to become champion. I think it's everybody's goal here in the UFC.

Who inside MMA that's a champion goes to fight Muay Thai? Nobody. But I love competing.

I'm very open to fight Valentina Shevchenko. I always want to fight the best fighters and I think that she is one of the top female fighters in the world.

If you want to prove your worth and prove you're one of the best in the world, you need to be fighting in the UFC.

I'm always training to fight the best fighters in the world, and if the UFC wants me to fight Georges St-Pierre, then I will fight him.

I always look for bigger and better things, and if the UFC wants to bring in some top contenders, I'm more than welcome to welcome them in our hexagon.

I fight guys that no one has ever heard of; I fought guys who are legends, like Frankie Edgar.

When I was 15 years old, I watched Royce Gracie in the cage, and I thought I'd like to do the same thing.

I'm just blessed to be fighting in the UFC.

I get a lot of attention, maybe not as much as a lightweight in B.J. Penn or someone like that, but my time is coming.

It's a dream of mine to be a mixed martial arts world champion.