Fighter Background Quotes

People say that I'm a boxer. I actually started with kick boxing, and then I moved onto boxing, and then I moved onto grappling.

With my fighters, there's no excuses like, 'Hey, listen, he's a dumb guy. Came from the mean streets of somewhere. He's just not all that bright.' These are educated guys, most of them went to college, they have families, children, etc. These are smart, rational people I'm dealing with.

I happen to have a college education and I never planned on being a fighter.

Fighting comes down to who you are as a person. With B.J. Penn, he has no problems, not a hard upbringing and came up with money or whatever and he's just a fighter, he enjoys the fight and he refined his skills so I don't think it necessarily has to be a rough upbringing for guys to be great fighters.

People say I don't have the experience. I might not have 20 MMA fights, but I've been fighting my whole life.

M.M.A. is growing, and it's a basic wrestling sport. A lot of fighters are ex-wrestlers. A lot of guys take the easy way out, make quick money.

You don't compare a guy with 30 or 40 fights with a guy who had 200 fights and fought over 25 years.

I come from one of the great coaches - Matt Hume, Brad Kertson - and my skill set is well-rounded.