Kamaru Usman Quotes

All the champions - you go and ask Mike Tyson or Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Lennox Lewis and myself included, and I'm sorry for putting myself in line with all the other great names - but the champion's attitude is it doesn't matter who is in front of me, I am going to conquer this person and win the fight and knock the person out.

I want to fight all the best. I want to be the best fighter in the world. The only way to truly attain that title is by beating everyone.

When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.

Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him.

There are plenty of massive fights out there for me, I know that, but the goals always going to become world champion.

I want to fight the top champions, I want to fight for titles.

I was K-1 world champion.

My dream has always been to be a UFC champion. It wasn't to be a main event fighter.

I want the chance to show Barrera and the world that I am a true champion.

I'm from the old school, where I want to fight the best. I want to reign supreme over all of them. I'm willing to fight all of them to prove all of that.

Everybody at middleweight has been working hard to be a champion.

I want to fight for the title. I want to get the title. That's my dream.

Everyone wants to be UFC champion, and that's my goal and my dream.

When I'm champion, I'll fight the best because I am the best.

I'm chasing gold. And whatever fight can get me closer to being a world champion, those are the fights that I want.

I think the match up is one of the century and I have what it takes to take Cyborg down, if anyone does.

It's never been about an opponent. I don't care who it is. Just throw them in front of me and let me do what I have to do. Let me earn the belt.

Who else is willing to fight Woodley at six weeks' notice? Nobody. That's why it's come to me. But I will dethrone the champion and start a new era. I'll be an active champion, so they can all get in line.

I started this fight career with one objective. When I step inside a ring or an octagon, it is to beat the guy in front of me.

I wanted to prove I was the best fighter in the world.

I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey.

I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it.

I've had 117 fights and that's the first time I've ever won.

In 1973 I became heavyweight champion of the world with 38 victories, no defeats as a professional. You get to a point where you think you cannot lose. I felt like I had the greatest power with my fists, I was the strongest man in the world.

Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion.