Tami Hoag Quotes

Fighting comes down to who you are as a person. With B.J. Penn, he has no problems, not a hard upbringing and came up with money or whatever and he's just a fighter, he enjoys the fight and he refined his skills so I don't think it necessarily has to be a rough upbringing for guys to be great fighters.

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 try to get better with every fight - my boxing, my wrestling, my jiu-jitsu, everything.

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.

I grew up doing martial arts, and I'm a second-degree black belt.

I love doing action; I love doing martial arts. There's almost something balletic about it.

I've been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.

I've been doing martial arts since I was 9.

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.

I'm working relentlessly at becoming a better fighter than I was yesterday. I think I've really shown that I'm a more evolved fighter these days than I've ever been.

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

I've been able to mature and improve my mixed martial arts game completely; I just never stop learning, and whenever I think I know enough, I just keep working and do more.

I just want to be a better fighter, plain and simple.

A fighter has to be prepared for anyone, to train every day. That's what I learned at Chute Boxe.

I'm getting to put all my time and effort into studying my martial arts and to be the best fighter I can be.

My background in gymnastics, martial arts, and dancing has translated very well in the ring.

Now I'm with the American Top Team, I'm a better fighter, I'm a more patient fighter, I've improved in every aspect.

I pretty much admire anybody who has the discipline and the will to make a career out of fighting. It takes buckets of nerve.

Martial arts are art forms and require a great deal of discipline and dedication. I so admire people who focus their lives on it, because it's not an easy thing to do.

I was in martial arts starting at the age of 14, and I got my black belt by the time I was 18. Soon after, I was teaching an entire school, with about 150 students. It was unbelievably intense because of the self-awareness part of becoming a black belt.

I've been taking martial arts for a long time. I started with tae kwon do, and then I started taking karate and mixed martial arts.

Since my teen years I was interested in martial arts.

I'm a martial artist, and I don't train because I have a fight; I train because it's my lifestyle, and I'll train every day if I'm not hurt.

I do like athletes as they have amazing self-discipline.

The mixed martial arts way of life will give you focus.