Tim Kennedy Quotes

If I could have had the opportunity to be a full-time fighter while I was one of the best in the world, what could I have done then?

Fighters find it hard to give up doing what they do best - fighting for a living.

I had to fight Donald Cerrone, Anthony Pettis, Gil Melendez, Rafael Dos Anjos. I had to fight these guys in order to prove myself in order to get a title shot.

I'm a fighter now. I'm officially a mixed martial artist. I'm not a wrestler no more.

I knew I wanted to fight. It's a great way to continue competing and not to mention actually make money. You can make a career out of it.

My dream has always been to be a UFC champion. It wasn't to be a main event fighter.

Linares is one of the best fighters in his weight class.

I want to keep active, so when they called me to fight Nate Diaz, I agreed because I wanted to stay active. I got a little surprised because he was out so long, but he's a tough opponent.

I'd always told people that I would have liked to pursue some sort of professional fight career. I don't know if I'm quite right for it, since I'm extremely prone to injury. I've been boxing for a couple years, and I've messed around with some Jiu-Jitsu, and I've always felt that there's such a passion in a real fighter's heart.

I'm going to show I'm the best fighter in the world.

People haven't seen the wars, in UFC, that I've had in Strikeforce and what I am capable of.

Georges St-Pierre is a good fighter who is proving his place in MMA with every fight.

I love fighting for the UFC. It's an amazing company. I've done a lot of great things, and they've done a lot of great things for my career.

What's important is to be fighting in the UFC. It doesn't matter if it's the first or last show.

Stipe's one of the top guys in the UFC. He wouldn't be in the UFC if he wasn't one of the best in the world.

Yes, I'm known as the most technical fighter in the world, and I'm going to keep that as my brand.

MMA was love at fight sight. I felt like I was born to do it.

If you want to fight in the UFC, you've got to realize that you are just an elephant in the circus. As soon as you ask for more peanuts, you have to go find a different circus.

UFC, take me off your list. Take me off your Hall of Fame.

Once I started fighting in UFC, things took a big U-turn. After my second fight, I came home and paid my mortgage off.

I've trained with Douglas Lima, he's a tough kid, but I could feel the weight difference.

A fighter is a fighter and once they're in the top five in the world, you can't say one might not be ready.

From the very beginning, every time I trained for a fight, I didn't train to beat the guy I was fighting. I trained to beat Anderson Silva.

I did an interview for MMA Hawaii when I was growing up, and I told them the guys I want to fight are Anthony Pettis and Jose Aldo.

Fighting in the UFC means that I'm at the top of the sport, and it means that I'm able to pursue my goal of being a champion in the UFC.