Roy Nelson Quotes

We fight to prove that our art, Gracie jiu-jitsu, is the best.

I do a lot of crazy stuff. People that have watched me know my grappling game is of the regular map that you'd see in a jiu-jitsu class.

How I fight is what got me into the UFC in the first place.

I've been involved in mixed martial arts since 1997 when I first started working for the UFC.

Most other schools train no-gi part time, or maybe even half the time. We train no-gi all the time.

Everybody knows where I come from and how my jiu-jitsu is, training at Macaco Gold Team, but I also work on my striking at Chute Boxe Diego Lima, so I'm prepared on the feet and on the ground.

Everybody that I fight always avoids jiu-jitsu.

I believe in pure jiu-jitsu. That's what I've done in the past.

I miss submitting people; I have a lot of confidence in my jiu-jitsu.

That was always the top martial artist - the Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt. Once I started beating them, I knew I had what it takes to form a new martial art. That's when I came up with Joe Jitsu, my namesake, so my legacy lives forever through the martial arts.

I'm a huge UFC fan. I train. I do jiu-jitsu, taekwondo.

I think I've already won the most important titles in Brazilian jujitsu and grappling.

I'm a jiu-jitsu guy and that's my root.

I do jiu-jitsu my whole life, so why would I try to stand and bang with Mike Tyson? I'm going to learn boxing in six months because my opponent is good in boxing? That makes no sense.

I knew I wanted to fight. It's a great way to continue competing and not to mention actually make money. You can make a career out of it.

Gracie jiu-jitsu proved to be the best.

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.

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.

My Jiu Jitsu is with the gi. It's the real style of Jiu Jitsu, it's with the gi and I fight MMA.

I didn't know anything about martial arts. I'm a big fan, but I never practiced martial arts.

I have a taekwondo background, but I also try to invent new moves and make sure that when I step into the Octagon, I'm a different fighter.

When people first started watching UFC, it seemed like a no-holds barred event... early on it looked like all the fighters were crazy. Actually, there are a lot of techniques, and the reality shows have let people see the fighters behind the scenes.

Back in '93 I saw my first UFC fight and just became enamored by it then.

I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.

I've always been huge into martial arts.