Matt Cohen Quotes

I've been through Strikeforce, UFC now, but I never leave fights busted up.

Fighters find it hard to give up doing what they do best - fighting for a living.

I knew I wanted to fight. It's a great way to continue competing and not to mention actually make money. You can make a career out of it.

From the very beginning, every time I trained for a fight, I didn't train to beat the guy I was fighting. I trained to beat Anderson Silva.

You can hit the bags, the pads, and you can run and do your fitness and your weights as much as you want, but if you don't spar you just don't have that true experience, that true knowledge of how to beat a man in one-on-one combat.

If I could have had the opportunity to be a full-time fighter while I was one of the best in the world, what could I have done then?

Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for.

I've always wanted to fight. I love to fight.

When I started fighting I've always thought about being a UFC champion.

I don't think the itch to fight has ever left me, ever. I mean, I got paid to do what I love for a living, and I got paid very well to do it. So that's going to always be there. That's always going to be like, 'Man, I wouldn't mind getting out there again.'

I'm going to show I'm the best fighter in the world.

I have other plans, other businesses. I have things to do. But I love to fight. I love this sport.

I love fighting for the UFC. It's an amazing company. I've done a lot of great things, and they've done a lot of great things for my career.

What's important is to be fighting in the UFC. It doesn't matter if it's the first or last show.

I've had over seven thousand pro fights.

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.

Pro wrestling has absolutely helped my fighting.

For me the more important thing is fighting. You know, training, fighting. The sports side. I didn't choose my media life.

UFC, take me off your list. Take me off your Hall of Fame.

Boxing is not a bodybuilding sport, plain and simple. Your body isn't going to win a fight.

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

I stretch for a full hour before a fight because I know I'm going to take a lot of punishment in the ring. That's my secret.

There's always going to be some phenom fighter coming up. If they're special athletes and highly trained, they'll do big things.

It's MMA. I'm a complete MMA fighter. I expect everything. I'm ready for all of it.

Everybody wants to be a good fighter.