Ben Askren Quotes

I've got to become 'The ultimate Ultimate Fighter.'

I had good teachers and I loved to compete in jiu-jitsu. I was doing good, a world champ, but I always knew I wanted to fight.

People always say, 'I want to be the best fighter in the world.' That's why I respect Conor. He said he wants to be the best fighter in the world, and he's trying to prove it.

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

I've got my dreams. I want to be the best fighter on the planet.

My goal is to be number one in MMA.

MMA was love at fight sight. I felt like I was born to do it.

That was my dream since I was a kid, since I first saw a vale tudo event in my hometown of Sao Paulo. I wanted to compete.

When you fight in the UFC and train with the guys that I train with, you learn that there is always still a lot of work to do.

Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.

I'm committed to the fight game.

Martial arts was really the first thing in my life that I followed through on and accomplished a degree of proficiency for.

My dream is to be the best fighter at 155 pounds in the world.

As soon as I found MMA, I knew that this is what I wanted to do, and it gave me focus because I was good at it anyway, and it gave me a goal to reach. I kept winning my fights, and it's given me a goal and a career opportunity.

I've done it a couple times where I've had fight of the year. It's not what you aspire to.

There wasn't much money in this sport when I started, but I didn't get into it because of money. I loved to fight, and I loved MMA.

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

I'm not going all the way; I'm going to be the best fighter that's ever fought in MMA. That's what I truly believe.

I love to fight. Keeping me at home without a fight is the same to offer candy to a kid and then take it away. That's why I'm always competing in other martial arts. That keeps me motivated to train and helps me learn even more.

I love this sport. I love what I do. I love fighting and combat, and I love to train hard. But I want to be at my best.

For me the more important thing is fighting. You know, training, fighting. The sports side. I didn't choose my media life.

I'm a mixed martial arts fighter. But at the end of the day, all experience will help. And experience I got from that fight, it will help me to win this fight.

I didn't get into MMA because I wanted to be UFC champion. That wasn't my motivation.

I'm preparing myself to be a great, great fighter and also a big star in the sport.

As a 4-year-old, I saw two men competing in the ring, and I thought it was martial arts. I asked my parents if I could do martial arts. So, I was 5 or 6-years-old, and I was doing karate and jiu-jitsu. Later on, I started kickboxing. Then, it just progressed. I did a little bit of everything, but predominantly, I did kickboxing.