Royce Gracie Quotes

The American fans would love to see me fight anybody.

When I came into boxing, I brought it to the next level with adverts and doing pantomime and people just got jealous of me doing that.

Coming back to the UFC was huge. I was ready for the spotlight for the first time.

I will move up to heavyweight and show them all how good I am.

One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight.

Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.

I think I am the greatest fighter in any class. I know I can hold two, maybe even three belts.

Boxing has been very, very good to me.

Canelo is an elite fighter, and I never shied away from a challenge.

I'm in this to be the best fighter in the world, to put on entertaining shows, and to please the fans.

To be a superstar you have to win and you have to have something special. For me, I hope that knocking people out is my something special because I can't sell myself, per se, and become a different person on camera and a different person off camera.

I don't feel the need to do anything other than what I've been doing, beating my opponents, getting some knockouts, keeping the fans coming. I don't need to do anything other than that.

I was one of the most popular fighters of my era.

I really enjoy the opportunity to face another Ultimate Fighter winner because it doesn't come around that often.

Fury made a name for himself in America, and as a fighter, you have to establish yourself there, first and foremost, to be known worldwide.

I'm better than P. T. Barnum and Colonel Parker put together.

It will work. I am a marketing genius.

I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, 'Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here.'

In 1973 I became heavyweight champion of the world with 38 victories, no defeats as a professional. You get to a point where you think you cannot lose. I felt like I had the greatest power with my fists, I was the strongest man in the world.

I don't watch every fight; I am not huge on watching fights on TV. Because I did it my whole life. But I do watch the big fights. I follow the little fights too, sometimes; I just don't have to watch every single fight that happens.

There are 7 billion people in the world, but there's only one heavyweight champion of the world, and that's me.

I showed that I could be a crowd-pleaser.

I'm ready for anybody. If it's John Dodson, if it's Demetrious Johnson, if it's Joseph Benavidez, I'm ready for whichever one, whoever wants a piece of me.

Dana White, bring me someone that can beat me. You can't find no one that can beat me.

Anybody in Britain, the big fights. I'm here for the big fights. I don't care about the little fights any more.