T.J. Dillashaw Quotes

Cutting weight is always rough, especially for guys like myself that make a significant cut to make a number.

I went from 220 pounds that I cut down for 'Moneyball' to almost 270-280 pounds for 'Ten Year.'

'The 17 Day Diet' keeps your body and metabolism guessing. I call this 'body confusion.'

I'm like everybody: I gain the Christmas 10 or so, and then I try to exercise more and dial it back.

Cutting to featherweight took months of intense weight cutting and training. Going to lightweight, I can fight more often.

I don't cut weight, so it's no problem for me to fight at lightweight.

I had trouble making weight before in my career.

I hate cutting weight. I hate making weight. I hate dieting. But I'm going to make this weight. I can't wait to do that when I step on them scales.

I've never met a fighter who said, 'I love cutting weight.'

I must cut lots of weight. Isn't nice, but it's part of my job and I can make it very easy.

I never don't make weight.

I was still part of that trend where it was see how low you can get, get as small as you can get, be the biggest guy in your weight class, and it started to burn me out.

I can eat whatever I want, and I don't get over 145 pounds. A lot of the guys who fight at 125 pounds, they get pretty big, and when it gets closer to the fight, they're walking around at 135 pounds. For me, I try to stay the same weight I typically walk around at.

I think between 2014 and 2015, I made weight five times in 11 months. During that time, I felt my body change. It was able to hold on to more weight. And anybody who makes weight knows that it gets harder and harder to make weight once you've done it that many times.

That's what I signed up for in the beginning. I was 170 pounds; 155 was forced on me.

You know, I'm never really 100-percent in any of those fights, because it's so hard to have perfect preparation for fighting and cutting weight and making 170 pounds, and being in the best shape for training camp and to make that cut.

The first time I fought Ian McCall, I cut carbs completely out of my diet all through training camp. I was afraid I wasn't going to make weight, that I'd get on the scale, and it would be all, 'He weighs 128,' and the people would throw cabbage at me. I basically cut all carbs on the diet, just eat chicken and greens all the time.

I train great outside of camp but then once camp starts, it's just a constant weight cut.

Looking back in hindsight, I really stunted my growth as a fighter by constantly cutting weight all the time.

I have to talk to my team, but I want to stay at 145-pounds. It's my division and I feel more comfortable there.

I graduated from high school at 165 pounds, so twice a year, I get back to that number - I never let it get to 172-73. Then I go back to doubling the cardio. This week, I'm on a complete liquid diet, a juice fast. It keeps me lean and hungry.

I lost a lot of weight. No carbs for a good six or seven months. It was tough but I looked hot.

There are no shortcut to losing weight. Just hard work and dedication, hard work and dedication.

I like to push my body to just extremity to get past the mental toughness barriers. So fighting at 145, that would be great. If Kenny Florian can do it, I can do it.

I'm sure there were people who were disappointed that I got slimmer, but as one gets older one does often get a bit thinner. There was no great mystery: I had some puppy fat and I lost it.