Sage Northcutt Quotes

The UFC has been very good to me, man.

I want the best money, and obviously the highest ceiling that you can be the best is in the UFC. But yeah, I praise Bellator. They gave me a great offer.

I have a great run in the UFC.

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

I will be in the UFC one day, and it will take more than one man to stop me.

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.

In my teenage years, I started kickboxing, then did a little boxing. When the UFC and MMA exploded in the early 2000s in the U.S.A. and Japan, I saw a way to make money and a career.

Of course it's an honour to be fighting at UFC 100, but I don't sit back and think about that. For me, it is only ever about winning.

Thank God the UFC and MMA gave me a lot of stuff.

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 feel like I have just been really, really lucky to meet some of the most successful and great actors alive today.

I started to book good television jobs in 2010. I started to get really close to exceptional jobs in 2011, and then I got 'Arrow' in 2012. I know how lucky I am because just getting the lead in a pilot doesn't guarantee that that pilot is going to turn into something great.

I've been very fortunate to have had the opportunities to have the career I've had.

My goal is to be number one in MMA.

I'm known worldwide for my talent and my team, Chute Boxe.

Really, it was either fight in the UFC or fight in the WWE. There wasn't the option of both. That was a key factor. What am I going to do? I didn't want to juggle two careers anyway.

I came to the UFC to make history.

I am fortunate to be on board with one of India's top sports management group.

Every fighter is dreaming about the UFC and then once they can get into the UFC, they are dreaming about a title and I've made all of my dreams come true.

You don't get this opportunity many times in life to compete against the best in the world every night. I certainly didn't expect to have 10 or 11 years of chances at it, so I don't want to take that for granted.

I never thought about money; otherwise, I would have left aged 26 when Real Madrid and Barcelona wanted me.

Once I started fighting in UFC, things took a big U-turn. After my second fight, I came home and paid my mortgage off.

It's hard to be in the UFC one year.

With the way I fight, the UFC's not stupid. For one, they probably know that they're don't have me forever.

Wrestling has always been a dominating force in UFC.