Rashad Evans Quotes

I just want to be a better fighter, plain and simple.

I'm working relentlessly at becoming a better fighter than I was yesterday. I think I've really shown that I'm a more evolved fighter these days than I've ever been.

I try to understand the sport more and more as I develop, and I try to be a better fighter overall and work on everything, not just every aspect, I try to combine it too. I work on it every day, and I try to be a better fighter in every practice.

There's different aspects of the game you have got to pick up along the way. I think I am picking it up fairly quickly and I'm learning all the time and I can only get better.

I need more fights to get better as a fighter. And I will keep getting better.

My coaches have done a good job of tightening my skills, where I can dictate a little bit more where the fight is going.

I think I adapted well for MMA.

That's how fighters get better. They watch film, and they work on what they need to work on.

I gotta work on my overall game.

Yes, I came into this sport as just a grappler, but the more I learn, the more it shines in my fights.

I try to get better with every fight - my boxing, my wrestling, my jiu-jitsu, everything.

Having a belt is cool, but I'm trying to do more in the sport.

Now I'm with the American Top Team, I'm a better fighter, I'm a more patient fighter, I've improved in every aspect.

Martial arts has just made me a better person. It's a way of life.

Martial arts has been a way of life for me since I was a young kid. It created a discipline and respect for everything. Martial arts has just made me a better person. It's a way of life.

A black belt is what you prove to be, but also what it means in your heart.

I grew up doing martial arts, and I'm a second-degree black belt.

I want to be the strongest player in the world and score a lot of goals. To do that, I have to improve in every area.

The young athlete who aspires to greatness, generally speaking, learns a number of things from several different coaches. The first one taught him the fundamentals; the second one instilled discipline in him and taught him more of the techniques that must be mastered to excel.

Training in taekwondo for eight years and then being able to do it in a film was pretty amazing.

I so admire the discipline, the work ethic, and the sacrifices fighters make to master all aspects of mixed martial arts.

There's a number of years that went by going from a white belt to a black belt. And I think, in a similar respect, years go by with your maturation process, and it's just as important to be disciplined with that as it was in karate.

It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt.

I would be nowhere without martial arts. It's a passion.

I earned a black belt when I was in high school. And I did a lot of boxing and full contact karate in college.