Royce Gracie Quotes

I need those meaningful fights, the fights that everyone wants to see. That would help my legacy a long way.

Sonny Liston is nothing. The man can't talk. The man can't fight. The man needs talking lessons. The man needs boxing lessons. And since he's gonna fight me, he needs falling lessons.

This stupid celebrity thing is just a consequence of being good at what you do. I mean, no one would photograph David Beckham if he wasn't the best attacking midfielder in the country - much as I hate Man. U!

If you don't play well, you have a bad game or a nightmare you know that the amount of coverage is worldwide.

When I was in the ring, you really saw the best of me. Outside the ring, I was really some terrible fellow.

I have to keep performing well for club and country. That's what I always want to do. If I do that, then that extra media attention comes towards me.

Legacy does matter to me, and I want to leave a good one in MMA.

Everyone has their own traits but if you are being compared to players like Rio Ferdinand then you must be doing something well and hopefully I can keep that going.

I felt good in the ring with John Cena.

We know that Pepe is a great player.

You don't play eight years and all of a sudden let your game go down just for a trade.

I'm a footballer first and foremost and I want to be remembered for what I do on the pitch.

Career wise, consistency is one of the keys to longevity. When you are consistent people know what they are going to get, and that's the foundation for having a long career.

Pacquiao has generated a lot of positive press for our sport, and that is something no one can complain about.

Amir Khan is a great fighter, I have a lot of respect for him.

I'm definitely not the caliber player that LeBron is, but I find it funny how people can criticize him and the way he plays the game. So it's pretty easy to criticize me if they are still able to criticize LeBron.

I will try to make my career as long as possible. For me, it's not about money, so I just love playing the game.

I have played for the national team many times, so I am used to good things - and bad things - being said about me.

As long as I can play at a certain level, that's what I'll do.

That's part and parcel of touring England. You have to be very street smart and on your game. If you're not, the media and the ECB will have a field day with you.

That was the best part of the Pride guys - they'd go out and entertain. They'd either get knocked out or knock somebody out; they were always trying to finish the fight.

My family and I grew up watching and admiring Oscar De La Hoya and to now be fighting under his promotional banner is a dream come true.

Every time I fought at home, I gave my fans a knockout. I spoiled my fan base in Cincinnati.

Fighters now, they think you have to trash talk to be marketable. Yet so much of what they're saying, it bores me.

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.