Fight Training Quotes

When I'm training for a fight, I'm not the same person that I normally am when I'm at home. I'm always thinking about fighting. I'm doing it day in and day out. Pretty soon, my personality starts to change. My temper's a little bit shorter, I don't have a lot of patience for a lot of things.

I started competing on boxing, so I have my hands. I'm an O.K. wrestler, so why not?

I first got into boxing when I was quite young. I was about 12 when I won my first boxing match.

Forget about jiu-jitsu and wrestling - I'm a boxing guy.

You don't get points for leaving the chin open.

I wanna get myself in such good shape that no matter how much I push myself in a fight, I know that the other guy is gonna be a little bit more tired.

I didn't mentally prepare as well for Ngoudjo as I should have. I was a little lax in the fight.

The cool thing for me, as an actor, I like to be as true and honest as possible, and I'm into real fight training.

When I train for fights, my kids understand, and they have my back. They are there with me.

When I lost to Ray Mercer, I was young. I deserved to lose that fight because I hadn't learned how to cover all the angles in preparation. I was immature.

Training for a fight is never easy, regardless of the opponent.

I've got a good right hook.

I train in the cage all the time. I have my own cage in my gym.

I'm just about the movies; I enjoy the dexterity of actors in action movies and the choreography side of things. You've just got to be a different person to be a professional fighter. I train with professional fighters, so I know what it takes. It's a very difficult profession, probably harder then the acting profession.

When I sat down and knew I was going to go to the UFC, I thought of Edson Barboza and I almost had a panic attack. And then right away I called my manager Ali Abdel-Aziz. I said, 'Ali, that's the fight I want.' I think it's the worst fight in the lightweight division for me, the scariest.

You win the fight in the training camp, not on the day of the fight.

I train for whatever happens. I'm prepared for wherever the fight goes.

I don't even train for these fights. I'm not mad when people say that because it's true.

When I'm training for a fight, I work out two or three times a day for five days a week.

I've been in the fight business my whole life. I know fighters.

My father is a Marine. My brother is a Marine. I almost became a Marine. I'm no stranger to fight training. I used to do jujitsu and boxing as a kid. I was a running back in football for my high school and my college. I played ice hockey as well as did theater. So, there's always been a physical nature to me.

I used to wrestle when I was younger. It was soccer, wrestling, rugby league and now MMA.

I've fought on some big cards. I've fought in some big arenas, on televised cards, pay-per-view cards, whatever.

I live a fight life, I can do what I want to win a fight.

I've been training for Ronda Rousey since my first fight in the UFC.