Fight Anxiety Quotes

Everyone has jitters in their first fight.

I'm scared of any fighter I've ever fought because they are some dangerous people to be dealing with. That's also where the anxiety comes from.

When I go in to fight week, I go, 'Maybe I'm going to be that guy on the highlight reel that gets knocked out.' I'm always thinking, 'How am I going to react? Am I going to be a sore loser?' I'm almost checking myself in case something bad happens.

Any fight I feel pressure, just the same as the last one, the next one will be just as important.

When I sat down and knew I was going to go to the UFC, I thought of Edson Barboza and I almost had a panic attack. And then right away I called my manager Ali Abdel-Aziz. I said, 'Ali, that's the fight I want.' I think it's the worst fight in the lightweight division for me, the scariest.

I was nervous my first fight, my heart was pumping at 1,000 beats per second.

Make no mistake, the days and hours before going into the ring can be stressful for any boxer. The bigger and tougher the fight the greater stress, But if a boxer knows he's stepping out of his league it's even worse.

After about 25 fights you don't always have to keep going to the bathroom before the fight.

I've been through the routine so many times that I genuinely don't even think about a big fight very much beforehand.

I remember the first time I fought somebody with a name and that was Tito Ortiz. I didn't start fighting until like the second round because I was like, 'Oh my God, that's Tito Ortiz. That's Tito Ortiz from TV. Look how big his head is, damn.'

The last week before a fight always goes really slow.

I'm superstitious about my hair. I don't like to cut it before big fights.