Colby Covington Quotes

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.

I'm committed to the fight game.

I was built to be a fighter, to be a warrior just like Ronda Rousey was built to be a warrior and Bruce Jenner is getting back to being the hardcore person, the warrior that he is.

This is mixed martial arts, so you have to be good at everything.

I do jiu-jitsu my whole life, so why would I try to stand and bang with Mike Tyson? I'm going to learn boxing in six months because my opponent is good in boxing? That makes no sense.

I'm not just a wrestler anymore. I'm a very well-rounded fighter.

I'm the most well-rounded fighter on the planet.

I'm very well-rounded. It's mixed martial arts.

I'm one of the most well-rounded fighters out there.

I love the idea of going to work and having to fight and learn a new skill set, whether it's muay Thai or Kali or Filipino stick fighting. To me, it's like college for life.

I think my fighting skills have certainly been improved by working with Peter Jackson.

My fighting style, if you will, is a combination of mimicking, cowboy films and boxing that I have done throughout my life.

The MMA stuff has been really good, I'm enjoying that. To be able to work with Jay Glazer, he's a total meathead, he loves all that stuff. I hit him as hard as I can and he's like 'Yeah!' It's been fun for me to release that anger without putting pads on.

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

To be able to perform at a high level, to be able to do things that no other fighter can do, you have to practice it. And the only way you can practice is by sparring, by fighting another man.

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

I'm not a matchmaker; I don't run the UFC - I'm a fighter. So I'll stick to doing what I do best: training and punching people.

I'd turn up to the gym early and just be there, waiting outside, knocking on the door. It was something I thought I was decent at. I enjoyed fighting; it's how I've always been.

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

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

During practice, I train with both women and men. I think it's good to have a mixture of strengths because both have different fighting styles. Every person offers something different, and the more body types you get used to, the better fighter you will become.

Wrestling and kickboxing, like martial arts, combine a handful of skills. They're really an art form.

When I was in juniors, I was fighting twice a year and going nine months without fighting.

You look into an encyclopedia and ask what fighter can do any type of martial art at a high-caliber level, my picture will show up.