Judah Friedlander Quotes

I just had this feeling that, if I were to get into a fight, somehow I would have the ability to fight back, just based on playing 'Street Fighter' for so many years of my life. It's almost like I actually learned martial arts.

The mixed martial arts way of life will give you focus.

Really, the way to learn jiu-jitsu is to do it. If you do jiu-jitsu you get it and you learn it.

I do jiu-jitsu my whole life, so why would I try to stand and bang with Mike Tyson? I'm going to learn boxing in six months because my opponent is good in boxing? That makes no sense.

I used to fight in school. I was a rough, athletic child. I always knew I could fight and, watching UFC, I was always fascinated by it.

When I was 15 years old, I watched Royce Gracie in the cage, and I thought I'd like to do the same thing.

All through college, I did a lot of break-dancing and all kinds of different martial arts.

I didn't really have intentions of fighting in MMA; it just kind of fell into place. Once I started fighting, though, I loved it, and I walked away from kickboxing right away.

I really don't look at it as a real sport because anybody can come into MMA and learn that. You can learn that.

It's interesting because my Mixed Martial Arts upbringing is less Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which is the traditional thing that people study.

People can't stand the fact that, yes, we were models, but now we can kick anyone's butt in the ring.

I like fighting in America.

I started training judo when I was 5 years old. I didn't know much. My mom just took me and my brother to do some judo because we were very energetic. We did that for a couple of years. I don't know why we stopped, but I came back to try other forms of martial arts like kung fu and karate when I was 12 and never stopped.

I'm a MMA fighter, man. I'm a MMA fighter, all the way.

I'm not just a wrestler anymore. I'm a very well-rounded fighter.

But now in open division, I get to fight a lot more. I actually like that.

I am a huge mixed martial arts practitioner.

I kind of did mixed martial arts as a hobby. At the time I was actually wanting to become a police officer as I was working in a hospital as a security job in Michigan. It was something I did in my off time.

People can doubt me, and they'll do that forever, but show me a better, cleaner fighter in the UFC or in general.

As a 4-year-old, I saw two men competing in the ring, and I thought it was martial arts. I asked my parents if I could do martial arts. So, I was 5 or 6-years-old, and I was doing karate and jiu-jitsu. Later on, I started kickboxing. Then, it just progressed. I did a little bit of everything, but predominantly, I did kickboxing.

When I came to the United States, I saw a lot of Mike Tyson. I would stay up and watch all of the Mike Tyson fights. A friend here said, 'You got to do Jiu-Jitsu. That's the thing.' I said, 'C'mon, Jiu-Jitsu would never beat Mike Tyson.' So, he showed me the Royce Gracie tape. I was so impressed with the thing.

I'm very well-rounded. It's mixed martial arts.

I briefly studied martial arts in college and realised that I might not be a great fighter physically, but it gave me mental strength and boosted my confidence.

I had to learn martial arts.

My father didn't compete ever in martial arts tournaments because they were not real. They were tag tournaments or touch tournaments, which he thought was bizarre and not really what the martial arts is about.