Tony Ferguson Quotes

I'm trying to be the best in the world and get that pound-for-pound spot and I'm trying to get paid.

Winning the world title was my goal as a kid, but being the pound-for-pound champion would be the ultimate.

Being recognized as the pound-for-pound No. 1 fighter is my ultimate dream.

Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.

People like to call themselves fans of fighting and fans of the sport, but if you're a fan of fighting, how can you not like watching Demetrious Johnson? He's the best at it. He's the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world. Why wouldn't you enjoy watching that guy perform? He does a phenomenal job every time he's in there.

When you become a world champion and you defend your title for five or six years, and you have fifteen defences of your title, and you round up most of the other belts - and you feel you're the best of your generation at the time - nobody can take that away from you.

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

I just don't want to be a champion; I want to be one of the best fighters there ever was.

My number one goal was to be the best fighter ever in the Octagon. I think I can hold hands with many who can stake that claim.

I'm not going to fight unless it's for a belt. Nothing else matters but the belt.

I respect Haye as a man and for being a former two-weight world champion. But not as a boxer.

I got in MMA for one reason: to see if I could be the best in the world.

The lightweight title will be mine, but I'm looking for multiples and I am looking for that best pound for pound spot.

Every single time I defended the belt, it was against the best guy in the world.

At the end of the day I'm still a four-time world champion at four different weight classes and I'll still be in the history books.

This guy [Tyson Fury] really wants to prove himself in the ring and confirm what he keeps telling everyone, that he's the best in the world.

I've been laughing with my brothers about it. Paul and Stephen both won the British title before me, but I'm going to be the first world champion in the family.

It's not just so much to be the champ-champ. It's just that I feel that I'm the greatest pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

I feel like everybody's who fighting, young fighters and still learning and growing, that should be their goal - to be the UFC world champion.

When I was nine years old, I was on the cover of 'Sport Karate' magazine.

All I can do is make sure Demetrious Johnson does the best he can on fight night and goes out and wins his fights.

My motivation is being unified heavyweight champion of the world, making New Zealand and my family proud.

I think I got nominated in the MTV Brand New Top 10 because I'm 3x world time karate champion, and I'd probably just beat everyone up if they didn't put me in it. They were all scared!

I'm going to be world champion and have a belt, and people will correctly be able to say I was the best instead of I was very good.

I want to be considered one of the greatest fighters ever.