Glover Teixeira Quotes

There are so many variables that go into a fight, you shouldn't waste your time worrying about the other fighters.

I felt good in all my fights. It's all in the preparation. I prepare myself for all of them. And I felt good in all my fights.

I had to use a lot of the lessons I learned from fighting Samoa Joe and apply them to Bray Wyatt.

Any fight, if you prepare correctly and you're ready for it, you should be just there to enjoy it.

Every fight, I train for the opponent very hard and smart.

Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.

As an infantry officer who served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, I have led men in combat and trained them on tactics and strategy. The mission of the infantry is to 'close with, and destroy, the enemy.' Our job, in a direct way, is to fight and win wars.

I'm a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit.

I have to use other things to help my tennis, like my brain. But I believe that, even when your muscles are not so fast, with the brain and with concentration you can compensate.

Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.

Our magnificent cadre of military officers have the kind of performance at military procurement as our magnificent cadre of business executives would have if they did the fighting—terrible!

You need to prepare for every fight.

My goal is to win and to finish fights quickly.

Getting in the cage, it's not like I need a whole mental preparation for it. It's just a fight.

When I prepare for a fight, I never expect it to be easy. I believe that that would create a chance for me to not give my best in the Octagon.

When I'm fighting, I'm trying to find a reaction. I try to make the guy move; I try to make him do things that I want him to do. If he likes moving a certain way, I try to set something up so I catch him if he moves that way.

In the lead-up to fights, I'm very relaxed, very calm.

One of the things I always tell people is that when it comes to fighting and fight week, then I'm there for one purpose, and that's to fight and get the hell out of dodge.

I don't believe in ring rust. I used to believe in ring rust, but I talked to my buddy Dominic Cruz, who's a bantamweight, and he basically said it's a mindset. What you do in between in your time off determines how you're going to look when you come in there.

Going into a fight with Cyborg, you need to be as on point as possible.

I need eight weeks, train hard, last one week make weight, and go to the war. Because when I go to the war, I have to know I am ready or no.

There's always going to be people talking so you just have to focus everyday and be the best fighter you can be in the Octagon on the day of the fight.

I'm just going to do what I always do: train. And when it's time to fight, I go fight.

You can't fight if you're nervous.

It's not an excuse, but I'd say I didn't perform well in the big fights because I wasn't prepared properly.