Glover Teixeira Quotes

I fight guys that no one has ever heard of; I fought guys who are legends, like Frankie Edgar.

I want to go against the best fighters. That's why I'm always calling out Georges St-Pierre.

I'm always training to fight the best fighters in the world, and if the UFC wants me to fight Georges St-Pierre, then I will fight him.

The biggest shock was the first fight. I didn't know what to expect. I fought Fujita. At that time, he was one of the most dangerous PRIDE fighters. He was a complete beast and with 130 kilograms of pure muscle.

When you're coming up, and you have Matt Hughes, Tim Sylvia, Jens Pulver and Pat Miletich, Jeremy Horn to train with and compete with - guys that have fought in Japan, all over the world - and you see these guys every day, you just embrace the grind and get after it: you have no choice but to succeed.

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.

Being at American Top Team, I get the best fighters and best trainers in the world.

Mixed martial arts is great, and it's here to stay.

I've traveled to Brazil, Europe, Asia - all in preparation to defeat Demetrious Johnson, to defeat the pound-for-pound best fighter in history.

I beat Gilbert Melendez, and he got two shots at the title.

Fighting in Bellator is a dream come true for me.

I saw my first UFC fight when I was 15 and figured, 'This is what I want to do when I grow up.'

There are certain things that I always dreamed of, like fighting in the UFC. There's just certain things that I feel like haven't been accomplished there. There's such great women coming up in the sport; seems like a wonderful time to be in women's MMA.

I knew I'd be in the UFC since I started my career.

I go to gyms quite a bit, martial arts gyms, MMA gyms. I try to train with the best people, with who's who in the martial arts, just to keep myself sharp.

When I first started wrestling, I didn't even want people to know I was in the UFC.

My last year of football I started having a couple of MMA fights, and bringing the weight down. It started in the pre-season of football, just to keep fit, and I did really well.

I've kind of grew to enjoy fighting legends that I got into the sport watching and admiring.

Training in Las Vegas at Xtreme Couture was awesome and I was there for almost two years.

I think the Eddie Alvarez fight is a good fight that makes sense - a couple Italian guys throwing down. I've got nothing but respect for the guy.

I'm very open to fight Valentina Shevchenko. I always want to fight the best fighters and I think that she is one of the top female fighters in the world.

You can say what you want about the Stephen Thompson fight, but you cannot disregard that me and Stephen went five rounds in a technical fight. Apparently, he's one of the best strikers in the UFC, Stephen Thompson.

My fight against Chris Leben was a war, and I was fulfilled with that victory because that guy has a ton of experience fighting in the UFC.

I train with the best team and the best gym in the world at American Top Team, and we know how to fight.

I want to fight a UFC fighter.