Vitor Belfort Quotes

Rugby takes its toll.

I want to be a champion for a long time, and I want to take the least amount of punishment possible doing so.

Playing 82 games is a haul, and with eight or nine exhibition games, it's a long process. You've got to take care of your body and make sure you're getting your work in and staying healthy throughout the whole season.

I can only work out for so long before I start to really feel the effects.

They thought that athletes that worked out with my system wouldn't be able to throw a ball because they'd be too muscle bound. Those are the misconceptions I had to go through for about 40 years.

People don't realize the amount of stress you put on your body both physically and mentally from just the wear and tear of a season.

A dancer's life is hard - it is so physically demanding, and at any moment, you could have an injury that could end your career.

In gymnastics, smaller will always be better in many ways. The stress in the head, that will be the same for all. But the stress on the body and the concussions it must endure, that will always be easier for the little ones.

It's not like I've been vaulting my whole life. I haven't. So my body hasn't taken that physical beating. I'm still on the upscale.

Even when you're being safe, eight hours of choreography makes you look like you've been through a war. It's hard. It's like playing hockey for eight hours.

That takes it out of you, throwing too many punches.

At Grudge, we just push each other. Whether it's sparring five rounds or rolling and doing drills, I do most of my cardio at practice. As far as running outside or riding a bike? That's not fighting, so I only do things that are going to help me in the Octagon.

The sport is rough. It does wear and tear on the body.

I find it hard to believe that anyone could be playing regularly and saying they do not have a niggle. It is the nature of the beast, what you get when you play a lot of rugby: you have to get another niggle to forget about the one you already have.

The problem with these UFC fighters - and they're all fantastic athletes, top of the line in the entire world - is that they wear their bodies down in these training camps. All these guys that are cutting weight are just destroying their own bodies.

I'm not really worried about anybody or anything. I think I have a lot to offer. It's just, with your rookie year, your body, it's just a lot. It may seem foolish, all those dunks and stuff: they look cool, but it takes a toll on your body, for sure.

My body had given up on me at one point. And as many injuries as I've had over the years, I truly believed that my body needed to rest and not be on the grind like it's been for the last 15 years.

Sparring is probably the best cardio, but strength training is the best way to prevent the kind of injuries that come from roadwork and sparring.

You do what I did to my body, for as long as I did, and it's bound to take its toll.

I have twenty years of training like a spartan behind me. It has caught up with me. My body is broken down. I've been worn out.

I mean, I don't really remember playing a full season ever being 100 percent.

You play 162 days, and you play every day, or you try to play every day, and it's going to take a toll on your body. But that's what we're out here for. We're out here to play.

I'm not going to get tired in a 12 round boxing event, especially if I have time to prepare for it.

If I train hard and have a great training camp, and I'm as prepared as I can be, I can take any heavyweight in the world.

You can't do WWE forever; like, your body will just not hold up.