T.J. Dillashaw Quotes

I always bring out the best in men I fight, but Joe Frazier, I'll tell the world right now, brings out the best in me. I'm gonna tell ya, that's one helluva man, and God bless him.

I'm ready for anybody. If it's John Dodson, if it's Demetrious Johnson, if it's Joseph Benavidez, I'm ready for whichever one, whoever wants a piece of me.

Kirkland and Khan are chinny fighters. I am not like that.

I have a lot of respect for every opponent. I don't know if there's just one who I say, 'that guy intimidates me.' When I was young and first came into the league, Ray Lewis was that guy. I was young.

I'm not going to sidestep anybody, I'm not going to back down from anybody at any weight, and most importantly, I'm not going to pick on a guy who is weaker.

You can't play with fear in football. There is a lot of respect - you have respect for everybody, the ones on top and the bottom - but never fear.

If you ask my promoters and managers, they will say I've never knocked back an opponent in my life.

There's nothing more intimidating than crawling into a ring.

I am ready to fight according to the rules, and I ask for the opportunity to prove myself.

I'm a football player and I have respect for every opponent, every defender and every team, but I'm not afraid of anyone and I'm not afraid to take them on and to make things happen.

I'm pretty sure I could beat Tyron Woodley. Nothing against him.

I want the big fights.

I never shied away from the challenge. I dared to be great and lived the dream, but hats off to Canelo. He's an elite fighter, does everything well. He's strong. He kept going forward. The body shots caught me and took my wind.

No disrespect to Whittaker, I know I can beat him.

Just go out there against the best fighters in the world and see where I stand. That's what I want.

I got a huge target on my back. But you know what, I'm going to embrace that, and everybody is on notice - flyweights and bantamweights.

I don't think too many guys are raising their hands trying to fight me.

I always played my best when I respected my opponent and was a little scared of them because they could beat me. Every game I played in college, that was the case.

I will beat Aldo. I wanna fight him.

I respect Demetrious Johnson to the fullest. I wouldn't travel the world and find different training partners and coaches to help me defeat this man if I didn't want to win.

My goal is to get all these fighters that everybody say I'm running from inside the ring with me.

This is the fight game. I'm not worried or scared about absolutely anybody who's not talking about me.

A fighter walks in the room and people are like 'oooo' because everyone is trying to be a tough guy.

I want to fight all the toughest guys in the world. I'm not trying to duck anybody or scared of anybody. I want to fight everybody.

I know there is not a featherweight out there who I couldn't beat.