Alexander Gustafsson Quotes

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

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 so admire the discipline, the work ethic, and the sacrifices fighters make to master all aspects of mixed martial arts.

I need more fights to get better as a fighter. And I will keep getting better.

I'm developing more as a welterweight and becoming a better fighter.

I feel like my wrestling and jiu-jitsu is so underrated.

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'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.

Wrestling school was probably one of the hardest things I've ever done. It just killed me.

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

I trained myself to perform on the field.

Boxing is not about your feelings. It's about performance.

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

Boxing combines, in perfect proportion, strength, speed, and endurance. Normally, most sports are either about one of the three: either about speed or endurance or strength. Boxing combines all three of them. It's really intense.

I have a talent for coming up with an analogy about martial arts training for everything. It's because training to improve your martial arts skills and training to step into a cage and fight another person teaches you a lot about... everything.

The fight game has never been just about winning.

My father taught me boxing and showed me what this beautiful sport means.

I fight with good strikers every day.

Boxing is a part of my life but it's only a small part.

I've got more mat hours than most of the guys who are grapplers got on the mat.

I'm a white middle-class public schoolboy so I'm not particularly tough. But it turns out I don't mind going in the cage. I can dig in. And it's interesting watching people spar and train. There's no anger. It's all technique and delivered with venom.

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

Part of my gift as a fighter is being a human punching bag.