Paige VanZant Quotes

Most of my fights, I push the pace. I'm the aggressor.

It's the transformation that drives me. I want to do it all and never want to be boxed into something as a particular type or style. I never want people to think they know me. I hope to build a repertoire that one can look at and say, from to role to role, 'Was that Brian Tee?'

My strength is my unpredictablity. I can wrestle, I can strike, I can move fast, and I do a good job of covering up. And because of my experience, I'm able to put myself in good positions in the ring. The guys I fight, they have to be ready for anything.

The way I stand and my posture really complicates my opponents; they don't understand it and don't know what to do about. The way I stand there in front of them really throws them off.

I don't focus much on video. I watch here and there, perhaps two or three of my opponent's fights. That gives me a good idea of his style.

My coach used to tell me I've got pretty heavy hands, so I try to use them at the start of the fight because it's a good time to use my power because I'm 100% in the moment.

I always watch Anderson Silva and I always watch his fighting style.

I'm a knockout specialist who comes to fight and who's exciting to watch.

That's the beautiful thing about mixed martial arts - and I'll tell people that - you have to think outside of the box.

Versatility is very important in the modern game.

I've been telling people I need to start smiling to my opponents and shaking hands and just being nice, so then when the bell rings, I catch them off-guard, because I used to catch people off-guard, but everyone's ready now.

I'm just coming to terms with the fact that I will always do lots of different things and I can't really stay in one place too long.

I feel it's important for anyone to adapt; you never know what kind of situation you will walk into.

You come away better at playing against different players and styles.

A weightlifter should be able to do everything and borrow things from other sports to beat competitors.

I'd have to change all my training style to fight Cyborg.

I would study the best, the most flashy, the guys that had that flair, the guys that had that wow. I'd study those fighters, and I made up my mind that I'd be all of those at once.

I'm always moving around. It's hard for offenses to get a grip on what I'm doing or where I'm at.

I'm not saying I'd walk through everybody. There's some great fights for me, though, and I'd put on a hell of a show with a lot of the fighters in the top 10. My pressure is second to none, and a lot of them don't have any way to prepare for what I'm going to be bring.

I don't like watching things where I think the people onscreen are ahead of me or assuming I know something that I don't know.

When they have the lead, you don't want to fall into too predictable counts because they're playing with house money at that point. You want to try to be creative and keep them off-balance as much as you can.

What's the difference between a good player and a great player? A good player plays well in his own conditions - a great player plays well in all conditions.

When I come in throwing shots from different angles and with both hands, I've been knocking people clean out.

OK, if he's a grappler, good for me, I know what to do. If he's a kickboxer, I gotta get in a clinch and move a certain way. If he's a karate man, he moves a different way, but I'm still going to have to clinch. So, a sumo wrestler, I have to clinch. It's just, how I get there, how I move it.

I'm an entertaining fighter.