Michael Chandler Quotes

Brock Lesnar is not a fighter. He's scared to be hit.

I have Georges St-Pierre out here telling me 'you really think I'm afraid of you, man?' and I'm like you should be, bro. You should be scared out of your mind. I'll tell you what, I'm scared of him.

Getting in the cage, it's not like I need a whole mental preparation for it. It's just a fight.

A boxing ring looks different from the inside, particularly when it's shared with another man who is intent upon rendering you unconscious. There's no place to hide. Once a fighter climbs the stairs, he's roped in, unable to leave until his night's work is done.

No, I've never been frightened before a fight.

It takes a lot of courage in that cage no matter who you are.

Everyone at home sitting on their couches, they think it's so easy to fight. Stepping inside that cage is probably the hardest thing in the world to do. I truly believe that.

Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.

Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world. You've got all the fans, lots of hangers-on jumping up and shouting different words. But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.

In the ring, I never really knew fear.

I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it.

The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe.

I'm not even scared of the devil. If the devil confronted me, I'd confront him as well.

Most men, I think, wonder about their courage. How would they act in combat? Under torture?

Cold and fire has a way of creeping into the tiniest crack in your courage and finding that coward.

I can walk into a restaurant and knock five guys out, become 5-0 real quick. It's about the quality of opponent. You have to beat the right guys to call yourself the No. 1 contender.

I'm not Ken Shamrock the MMA World Champion No Holds Barred fighter. I'm Ken Shamrock, The World's Most Dangerous Man. Professional wrestling and MMA champion.

I'm in the UFC; this is a sport about fighting. If someone wants to fight me, or someone wants to fight someone else... you're here to fight each other, so I get it.

It's life or death for me every single time I step in the cage.

I've never said no to any fight the UFC has asked of me.

It's real easy to talk about stepping in the ring, but once you do actually step in the ring, it takes a lot of courage and mental fortitude to do what we do.

I don't believe someone like Cejudo would be scared of somebody.

It's up to the UFC. Whoever they put in front of me, I'll fight.

I've got big respect for Corey Anderson. He's a great fighter, he poses a big threat.

I like to step into the Octagon and just show what I'm made of.