Fighting Sport Quotes

Fighting is a sport; if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you.

In MMA, it's a sport, but it's entertainment, too.

Yes, I do Jiu Jitsu for a living.

It's not like I was saying, 'Oh, I want to make it to the UFC one day,' because the sport wasn't big enough then that a guy could have this as his job.

I boxed a lot as a kid, so it's something that comes second nature to me.

I do what I do for a job. This is fighting. This is a bloody sport. It's not a nice sport.

I love boxing, and boxing has always been my favorite sport. I was always into it, and I boxed recreationally all of my life.

For me personally, I'm going to continue to do what I do in the ring.

I'm not a union guy in the sense that I know a lot about how they operate. But I know fighters. They are individual athletes. This is not a team sport. I think it's going to be hard to say, 'Hey, do you mind not fighting on Saturday and walking around the arena with a picket sign instead?' I just don't see it.

Boxing changed my life. It's like a drug; you can't believe how great it is! Let me tell you something, you hit somebody on the chin, the guy goes down, the crowd roars...Wow! You really feel something!

I believe that I'm not just a fighter in this game; I love to study the sport. And in studying the sport, I believe I have a good eye for the sport, and I'm able to talk about the sport.

I feel like Randy Couture has helped build the history in this sport.

People always say its an aggressive and bad sport and just like street fighting, but it's not the same thing. You go into work at the gym every day, and it takes away from being an aggressive person in public. You're training every day, and you're losing that aggression for the public.

For me, Sakuraba was my favorite fighter when I first got into the sport.

As a fan of this sport, I am gutted to see 'Jacare' lose. To be matched up against him and to have the honor of fighting him, it blew my mind.

One of my big philosophies is that fighting is the sport that crosses all borders. I don't care what color you are, what country you come from or what language you speak, fighting is in our DNA. We get it and we like it.

If it wasn't for us fighters, who have carried the sport on our backs since the very beginning... without fighters there is no fight, there's no event, and no show.

I have other plans, other businesses. I have things to do. But I love to fight. I love this sport.

I'm not in this for superstardom. I do it purely for the love of the sport. I just love fighting.

We want Bellator to be a destination for not only the top-tier fighters in the sport, but the first-choice destination for fans to see the most entertaining fights in the sport.

Fighting is a very emotionally draining sport. I don't want to waste time on drama beforehand.

I've been boxing since I was 7 years old.

I've done some Muay Thai training just for fun.

Urijah is the one who got me in the sport, he's the one who talked me into fighting instead of going into grad school.

I'm just blessed that fighting was an option. Now I'm doing it and I love it. I thank God every day that I'm in the sport.