Andrei Arlovski

“As a fighter, from my fighting experience a problem for me was I never too much stick with my game plan.”

“Young blood keeps you alive. It's keep you on your tippy toes.”

“Mickey Rourke is a legendary guy. I watched him taking photos with literally everyone who came up to him. He never turned the fans down.”

“I choose fighting. I change all my life.”

“People say, 'Arlovski is done. No more fire in his eyes.' I try to prove to those guys that they're wrong.”

“I remember the feeling of being on top of the world.”

“I played in couple of movies and tried to do this as good as I could. Someone liked it, the others didn't. I was trying really hard. It's an interesting process, but I can't call it easy. For the professional it can be easy, but I'm not one.”

“After I lost to Kharitonov, some of my trainers said, 'You should retire. Arlovski's done.' The most embarrassing thing for me was that people that I trusted, they didn't tell me right to my face. They made some gossip behind my back.”

“If I can be heavyweight champion of boxing, I have to try. That is why I want to train myself in professional boxing.”

“As far as the business of MMA, it's very important to me keep building my own career.”

“Just trying to, with age, you have to decide what's more important for you, choose what's more important for you as a person, father, husband.”

“I definitely want to fight the top guys, everybody who is in front of me, I want to fight them.”

“I want to be a champion and I want to be No. 1 in the world again because I know the taste of glory and the taste of being on top of the world.”

“What my losses made me think was that I needed to take my career more seriously and to train right.”

“I want to be champion again and I'll get it one fight at a time.”

“I am honored to step into the ring with a great fighter like Fres Oquendo.”

“I paid too much attention to boxing. I wanted to try professional boxing. That's why I didn't focus on wrestling and jiu-jitsu, and it hurt me.”

“Greg Jackson gave me hope after four losses. After my last loss in the Strikeforce grand prix against Kharitonov, I gave him a call and asked him if he thought I should retire. Some of my trainers, some people told me I had lost it. He said, 'Absolutely not. Just come to Albuquerque,' and gave me that hope.”

“When I left in 2007, it was the same thing for me when I fought in different organizations. I left the UFC on good terms and I had nothing bad to say about Dana White or anyone else. It was a business decision at the time and I'm glad they brought me back.”

“Filipino fighters are very tough, they have great heart every time they step into a ring or a cage.”