Robert Whittaker Quotes

I like to stand right in front of my opponent. I think it makes for an exciting fight.

I've always wanted to fight. I love to fight.

I've always been told that if you spar with another man, you try and emulate what a real fight is going to be like. So you go hard. It's how I've always been.

It's not about tippy-tappy, namby-pamby football. It's a battle, and we have to be ready for it.

A lot of people tell me I have to trash-talk more, but I got here with my fists, fighting, not with my mouth.

Any opposing gym we go into, I want them to hate me. At the end of the game, I want to be beating their team so bad that they should hate me.

When I put my helmet on, I'm ultra competitive, talking trash.

I treat myself more as an athlete instead of as a fighter. As a fighter, you're going out there as a street thug, relying on your hands, trying to knock someone out, being overly aggressive.

I'm a complete fighter and I'm not scared, I'm very willing to use every part of the game to get the win by any means necessary.

I had true rivalries. Not only did I want to beat my opponent, but I didn't want to let him up, either. I had a rivalry with Mac, Lendl, Borg. Everybody knew there was tension between us, on court and off. That's what's really ingrained in my mind: 'This is real. This isn't a soft rivalry.' There were no hugs and kisses.

Serious sport is war minus the shooting.

The greatest players use anger as fuel. Michael Jordan played every night with something like road rage.

Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even speak to him on the field. Get out there and beat them to death.

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

I always equate wrestling to having been in the Marine Corps.

The content and thematic materials of dance is, of itself, like boxing. You play tennis and baseball. But boxing is not a sport you play: you stand up and do it.

There will always be something about two men in the ring - a mystique because it's pure man-to-man competition. Because of the history boxing has and the tradition it holds, boxing will always have a that mystique.

Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.

Fighting is very physical and extreme and you're very vulnerable. It's a very mental type of thing.

Whatever I am, it's natural... I don't have to pretend to be aggressive, don't have to show the opposition that I am on the field. Being aggressive comes naturally to me, helps me perform.

I was very pleased that the positive things about me and my game outshone the aggressive style of play I use. I would never tone that down, because I believe in that style of play, and I believe that you can play rough on the court and still be a good sport.

When I hurt Norton, I got scared. I looked to the referee. But in the same sense, you're a fighter: you gotta have the killer instinct.

When I get finished with fighting, I hope they ask the same questions. It's not my purpose to answer them. Boxing is the art of self-defense. I knock 'em out the first chance I get.

People love the fact Chael Sonnen is saying he's undefeated. It's crazy to me that people like something like that but don't give respect to the fighters that just put it on the line.

You don't have to like me as a person - I understand that I can get on people's nerves with the antics I do in the ring. This is not a popularity contest. I'm trying to do whatever I can to win the fight.