Colby Covington Quotes

I used to get so stressed out before the fight, weeks out, because of how much weight I had to cut to get there.

The cut made me hate the process of getting ready for a fight. I was focused on how to make weight instead of how to beat my opponent.

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

I've always seen myself as a big light heavyweight fighter, I have a big frame and walk around quite heavy. So I've always had to cut around 33 lbs to make weight.

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

I just want to go out and compete. Plus the main thing is, at 55 I need a good amount of time to prepare just to make the weight cut. At 70 I can just take fights as they come and just compete as much as I want.

As long as I have that support from my team, and I have that confidence in myself that I train really hard, I think there's no one out there who can defeat me in my weight class.

To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and pressure. But if you've prepared mentally and physically, you don't have to worry.

An Olympic pursuit really takes a full three to four years of Olympic preparation.

You have to make the decision to lose weight in your head, not your stomach.

Around the holidays, or anytime I'm going on vacation, I try to bump up my cardio or lose a pound before leaving.

I take care of myself, which includes dieting, exercising and minimising stress. I joke that I've been on a diet since 1974, which is basically true.

There's a huge emotional component to weight loss.

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.

You can't just be only going to the gym when you sign a fight contract or you'll just be the same fighter every time, just more experienced.

In this league, it's all about being close to 100 percent on game day.

I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.

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.

Sometimes I wish I could just fight at 155 pounds.

I fought a long time ago in Canada, I fought a Croatian guy, I don't remember his name, but there I had a size advantage. At the end, I explained to him about cutting weight. He didn't know about weight-cutting, so I explained to him, and I was bigger than him at that time.

I'm always impressed by how fighters can compartmentalize their lives before big fights.

You manage your injuries if you're serious about fighting.

I wanted to drop the weight class to go to the 125s, and I played it off on how easy it was going to be. 'I can do this, no problem, I always cut weight.' I pushed my body to the extreme.