Title Contenders Quotes

First of all, I think it is not easy to win a title in the Premier League, as you have really good teams here.

I admire Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool - these are the teams that are always there fighting.

Everyone says it, but if you finish above United, you're going to win the league.

A lot of teams who go on to win trophies lose in quarter-finals or semi-finals first.

But to be fair, Arsenal are a quality side. They're not where they are by chance - they are not top of the league and unbeaten because they are a bad team.

If you're going to win the Premier League, you're going to have to finish ahead of Chelsea and Manchester City.

Arsenal and Manchester United play the best football. They're not happy with one goal, they want to win by three.

Before they go to the race, people want to think four or five guys could win, but now... Normally you'd say, "One of those two, and I think it's going to be Lewis [Hamiltom]," because that's what had been proved up to now - thank God that Nico [Rosberg] has won some races.

When St-Pierre retired, it brought a lot of enthusiasm to the weight class, and things got shook up.

Let's be real: it's not always the No. 1 contenders who get the title shots. It's who they invest money in and who's kind of a known name. In the lighter weights, just being that I fought seven title fights in a row, I think I'm that guy.

United should have won more than three European Cups. When you look back at some of those semi-final and quarter-final defeats, we could and should have gone on to win the competition.

Something interesting has happened over the last 10 years in the Premier League. Players who once would have been discarded as expensive and too old have become important parts of title-winning squads.

If a champ has to take a long layoff then I think that's the only time interim titles should be introduced to the division.

I don't believe in guys waiting for title shots.

A club like Tottenham are up there with the top teams, and I think they have to be in the Champions League.

I want to have all four cruiserweight titles in the future.

There are only four trophies available to win at the start of every season and there will be some big teams this year who won't win one at all.

I think people are realizing that whereas now the 'Ultimate Fighting Championship' has taken over what people used to like about pro wrestling in the '70s and '80s. We just want to see who's going to fight for the title.

After you win all these belts, you cannot fight all these mandatory guys.

I have huge respect for Porto, a great club that's always in the hunt for titles, but they aren't Real Madrid, one of the biggest clubs in the world.

It is hard to say no to PSG - as with all teams capable of winning the Champions League, There is always uncertainty in football.

I don't necessarily think fighters should fight killers every time, but at some point in time, fighters should be fighting the best in their division, period.

It is very tough in England. Every away game is hard, of course. And normally, if you're a big club like Chelsea, you're supposed to win games at home against smaller clubs. But in England, that's not the case. We must play well every game.

I've already took out the hardest guys in my division. Back to back we've got Chad Mendes, Aldo, and Max. Stylistically, they were the three hardest fights.

We want to be champions, we are Man United and we have to win matches.