Demetrious Johnson Quotes

For every champion, after you win the belt, you want to defend it as many times as possible.

Lord knows we've been guilty of getting too excited about a title reign only to see it last one or two fights.

Winning the belt is one thing. But you're not really a champion until you defend it.

Yeah, the record for most titles was previously held by the Fabulous Moolah, she won it four times. And a few weeks ago, I won the title for the sixth time, which has never been done before.

I don't want to become world champion and lose it immediately. I want to become world champion, take over the division and take it from there.

The best part about being a champion is going out and defending your belt, so that's what I plan on doing and doing it many times.

I don't care if I ever fight for the belt or get the belt.

It took me 10 fights to get the damn interim title shot and then 11 to get an undisputed shot.

To defend - it is very difficult to win two titles in a row.

I don't think we can fully understand just how much pressure is on these fighters' shoulders once they win the UFC title. It's a grind just to get to the title fight. You're not earning a lot of money, and the sport takes a real toll on your body. And then once you get the belt, you've got an army of fighters coming for you right away.

I don't care about the Strikeforce belt.

I went through UFC with five title defenses. Jonny 'Bones' Jones beat my record, so I'm trying to beat his record. That's my goal. That's what I want to do.

Once I've got that world title I'll never want to lose it. I'll fight tooth and nail to keep it.

The situation right after the fight wasn't too good; I believe I'm still the only champion in the world who never received the belt inside the ring once you've won the title. I held that against the English fans for a long time but I felt that also motivated me.

I want the real title. I can't express it enough that I want to fight for the real title. The interim title, from what I've seen... people get it, and then they take it away in a month. I just don't want to be that person.

I want to fight for the real belt, not the interim title.

I just know that I have this Universal championship, and I want to make it worth as much as possible, and that's what I'm focusing on.

I've never turned down a fight in the UFC. Even when I was champ, I never turned down a fight.

I'd like to fight and get close to that title shot - that's all I'm interested in. My whole purpose is to fight for the world title.

Any time you get a title shot, you always try to wait for it the best you can.

I'm looking for three belts. I'm looking to do something that's never been done in this sport. I wanna go down to 155. I wanna go up to 185 and take the belt.

So far, I don't know what it means to be the champion. I'm just glad I have the belt.

Daniel Cormier is a different champion. He has achieved some amazing things in his career, and for me, it would be very nice to be facing him.

There's no better way to start a year than to become the first-ever three-time ROH World Champion.

Getting the title shot was huge.