Anderson Silva Quotes

I'm a big fan of Jon Jones.

I'm a huge fan of Conor McGregor, an incredible athlete. What he has done for MMA is phenomenal; he has been a great supporter of me.

Brad Pickett is one of the coolest guys in MMA and someone I have a huge amount of respect for.

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 want to go against the best fighters. That's why I'm always calling out Georges St-Pierre. I don't have anything against Georges St-Pierre. I think he's a great fighter.

Bellator offered me a job. UFC never offered me an opportunity to fight. There's no question that UFC is the top. It's a machine. A lot of people, including myself, have helped build the UFC to where it is today.

Legacy does matter to me, and I want to leave a good one in MMA.

I had to fight Donald Cerrone, Anthony Pettis, Gil Melendez, Rafael Dos Anjos. I had to fight these guys in order to prove myself in order to get a title shot.

Obviously wrestling is a core component of MMA. And among UFC fighters, my take-down defence is considered quite high.

You go out there and say I fight for the UFC, people know exactly what that is.

I feel like Randy Couture has helped build the history in this sport.

Cris Cyborg is one of the best in the world, and there is no shame in losing to her.

I like Glover Teixeira; he's a former training partner.

Anderson Silva, Georges Saint-Pierre, and Rodrigo Nogueira are some of the top fighters in the UFC among many other great fighters. The UFC has many of the toughest fighters around.

I'm a big fan of Georges St-Pierre.

I've been training for Ronda Rousey since my first fight in the UFC.

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 was satisfied with having a couple of fights a year, to enjoy them and have them be part of my training routine. When the UFC came around, it seemed like it fell in my lap. It was like I got so good at my hobby, and now I'm living all these people's dreams who had been working for so many years.

I know deep down I'm destined to be a world champion and maybe it's to be attained in the most prestigious division in the UFC at welterweight.

100 Muay Thai, boxing, and kickboxing fights. Six times world Muay Thai champion, five times European Muay Thai champion, very dominant UFC champion for three years. I know my legacy. They can say whatever they want to, but I'm huge.

I don't think Anderson Silva is less of a fighter.

It's not like I was saying, 'Oh, I want to make it to the UFC one day,' because the sport wasn't big enough then that a guy could have this as his job.

I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important.

My favorite fighter is Anderson Silva.

Even in my first year in the UFC I fought five times in the year.