Frankie Edgar Quotes

You can't just live cautiously, I think, when you're in a knockout game.

I'm probably not going to be popular with the fighters with this one, but my biggest problem is guys playing it safe. I understand it from a coach's standpoint and a manager's standpoint. I understand why you'd want to play it safe and want to win the fight, win every fight. I get it.

When an aggressor force continually launches attacks from a particular base of operations, it is sound military strategy to take the flight to the enemy.

If you're going to fail, you might as well fail at the big ones.

People who take risks are the people you'll lose against.

I'm not better when I force shots. I'm going to take them as they come. They are really sagging in there, trying to take me out of the game. It's my job to find guys. I want to be aggressive and take my shots, but I can't force them.

I think that at the start of a game, you're always playing to win, and then maybe if you're ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

There's a touch of the gambler in anybody really competitive and somebody that's willing to concede that to succeed, sometimes you need to cut corners and to make bold choices.

Of course risk-taking does not always pay off, but it's a lot of fun!

He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.

I don't overswing any more. I can throw a punch and be right in position to punch again. No more 'Hail Mary' punches, where it took me five minutes to get back in position.

It's good to be good at playing defence, but the best defence is a strong offence.

I take risks sometimes, and it's not the best choice. I have to take that kind of risk to become one of the best players in the world. If that's what I want to be, I cannot just play simple.

The best way to attack is to defend well.

You can't expect our opponents to play cautiously.

I'm not one of the guys that's going to hold back and try to win on points.

Honestly, I wanted to play it safe with my first film; I didn't want to do something completely out of the box.

Throughout my career, I have always played it safe with the kind of roles I've taken up.

Both offensively and defensively, the presence that I have is pretty profound.

I don't fight safe; I fight smart.

I don't ever feel cautious about making plays. I tell myself that injuries are more likely to occur if I try to play safe.

If you're too methodical, too fearful, you're not going to win. But the clever thing is to make the calculation correctly about where and when to go over the top. You've got to know when to push it and when to come back.

For good or for bad, I'm a risk taker. I like high-stakes, high-reward type situations.

We bring the fight to the enemy so that they don't bring it to us.

When you go out there and you try to change things around and avoid a guy or pick your spots to go at a guy, I think you're usually taking away a piece of your offense that you rely on a lot.