Tyron Woodley Quotes

I felt good in all my fights. It's all in the preparation. I prepare myself for all of them. And I felt good in all my fights.

When I prepare for a fight, I never expect it to be easy. I believe that that would create a chance for me to not give my best in the Octagon.

I don't really believe in that ring rust stuff.

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 think that's the biggest thing in this sport is when you prepare, you have extra confidence.

I'm just going to do what I always do: train. And when it's time to fight, I go fight.

It's not an excuse, but I'd say I didn't perform well in the big fights because I wasn't prepared properly.

I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.

The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation.

The real preparation for races is done in the off-season. I put in the hard work during the summer and fall, and I'm always working on technique so that when the actual races come around I'm ready to go.

I've learned over the years that it doesn't matter where you pitch in the rotation. For me, preparation is everything.

It's tough when you don't know if you're going to play or when you're going to play. But keeping the consistency and keeping in shape is important.

I train hard, but having a fight on the cards so often gives me targets and focus.

You have 20 fights, you should know what it takes to get yourself ready. If you don't feel like you're ready, you let your coach know 'hey we need to work on a little bit more of this.'

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

My coaches know when it's a big fight, I'm at the gym because if they give me some pretender, another actor, I might not take it.

Anytime you think about ring rust and travel and camps back-to-back, it helps not having any bad injuries and being able to train consistently.

Ring rust is real. I've experienced it myself.

With taekwondo, anything can happen, really. You get bad days; you get good days of training, so you've just got to hope that you're on it on your day.

I like to train and then step in the cage and do my job. This is the thing that I like to do.

I don't just rely on my right hand when I'm in the ring. That's the least thing I think about. I think about the preparation I've trained for, and I try to execute. And guys can't stand up to the power. I've been blessed with that, and it's something that can't be taught.

I think if you think that far ahead about the first four, or to be champions, that is something you cannot control. You can control the training, and then the performance will come game by game, and do not think that far ahead.

I'm a professional; I'd never fight against Mirko or anyone else not being prepared.

I need eight weeks, train hard, last one week make weight, and go to the war. Because when I go to the war, I have to know I am ready or no.

From the very beginning, every time I trained for a fight, I didn't train to beat the guy I was fighting. I trained to beat Anderson Silva.