Joseph Benavidez Quotes

When I was competing, I would run daily 20 kilometers, and in addition to that, I'd put in many hours of fighting and sparring. That's why I was always able to keep the speed in the ring. I would train so hard that sometimes it was not only hard to stand up, but it would also be hard to lay down.

I just train hard and fight who is in front of me.

You have to prepare yourself mentally and physically by training and knowing how to take care of yourself the best you can so that you're able to fight and get to where you want to be.

I love athletics and martial-arts and competition because it gets me right and puts me in the right place.

A fighter has to be prepared for anyone, to train every day. That's what I learned at Chute Boxe.

I have MMA strengths, but I need to build on my weaknesses.

I trained as hard as I could, I ran as much as I could, I sparred hard, I did everything right. I did everything I could possibly do at the age when I could fight. You have to be realistic; you can't say, 'Oh, I am smarter now, older and I can punch harder.' You think you can, but you can't.

When I train for a fight, you roll around, you catch someone in a move, you let them go. You just let go and keep going.

People always say, 'I want to be the best fighter in the world.' That's why I respect Conor. He said he wants to be the best fighter in the world, and he's trying to prove it.

I train really hard for each and every fight. I never take anyone lightly.

I love this sport. I love what I do. I love fighting and combat, and I love to train hard. But I want to be at my best.

Looking back in hindsight, I really stunted my growth as a fighter by constantly cutting weight all the time.

For me the more important thing is fighting. You know, training, fighting. The sports side. I didn't choose my media life.

I stretch for a full hour before a fight because I know I'm going to take a lot of punishment in the ring. That's my secret.

I don't box for the attention.

You're just taking punishment every day, getting hit all the time. That's something we're going to cut back on. I'll train hard but the sparring will be cut in half.

I'm just going to do what I always do: train. And when it's time to fight, I go fight.

I just try to be the best fighter I can be.

I'm very resilient. The only thing I'm missing right now are abs.

I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.

To be a top-class athlete, you have to train hard, you have to eat right, you have to get enough rest. I feel the way golf is going nowadays, you have to treat yourself as an athlete.

You know looking back on it now I used the fight and after the fight as motivation, to make sure I was going to be the best middleweight in the world for a long time.

I thought boxing was stupid.

I've been training super hard at the Lopez Taekwondo Academy in Houston, which belongs to my brother Jean. For me, I think confidence is the biggest thing; it's all mental. I train with the best of the best, including my brother Steven, a five-time world champion who won Olympic gold medals.

The conditioning and the lifestyle changes you have to make to remain a healthy athlete are what molded me into what I am today.