Demetrious Johnson Quotes

I've trained with Douglas Lima, he's a tough kid, but I could feel the weight difference.

Leaving active duty was so I could become the best fighter in the world at my weight class.

If I could have had the opportunity to be a full-time fighter while I was one of the best in the world, what could I have done then?

I have a taekwondo background, but I also try to invent new moves and make sure that when I step into the Octagon, I'm a different fighter.

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

I'm going to show I'm the best fighter in the world.

I believe in my skill 100 percent, that I can go out there and beat Demetrious Johnson and give him the best fight there is.

Stipe's one of the top guys in the UFC. He wouldn't be in the UFC if he wasn't one of the best in the world.

I want to fight the guys that are world-class beaters. That's who I want to get in there with.

I think people realize that I'm one of the best welterweights, whether I'm number one or number four or number five or number six.

Oh, man - I don't have just one favorite fighter, but I draw from many different aspects of each fighter. But I will say, just going back in the history of the UFC, just kind of trying to learn from each fighter, I've been looking at Brock Lesnar, all the things he did for the UFC back in the day, and his attitude and things like that.

Any fighter worth his salt wants to be the best and to be the best you have to fight the best.

If you're the UFC champion, you're the best in the world at what you do, and I get the opportunity to do that.

For some reason, that's the title they're giving me: ''The Ultimate Fighter' Destroyer.'

I just don't want to be a champion; I want to be one of the best fighters there ever was.

I've always had an interest in Muay Thai fighting. I love the discipline and toughness of it, so I traveled to Thailand to study ways to incorporate it into my style.

A fighter is a fighter and once they're in the top five in the world, you can't say one might not be ready.

From the very beginning, every time I trained for a fight, I didn't train to beat the guy I was fighting. I trained to beat Anderson Silva.

It's unbelievable how good Jon Jones really is. It's the minute he steps out of the octagon, you never know what's going to happen.

Daniel Cormier is a different champion. He has achieved some amazing things in his career, and for me, it would be very nice to be facing him.

I expect the best Anderson Silva. I don't think he'll toy with me like he toyed with other guys, I can explode in and touch his chin, and all it takes is one shot.

Bar none, hands down, no matter what division I'm in, I am one of the best fighters in the world.

I showed I'm an elite fighter.

I had my first fight at UFC 13, and it was just one of those things that become second nature to me.

The Liverpool lad Darren Till looked unbelievable in his UFC debut, and he seems like quite a character.