A biography for Anthony Johnsonhasn’t been written yet.
“There was a time when my siblings could have walked up to me and we could have had a conversation and I wouldn't have recognized them as my blood.”
“I ain't trying to fight until I'm 35. I'm trying to make my money and go on to something different - do bigger and better things with my life. Hell, I don't want to get punched in the head that damn much. I've got other things I want to do.”
“As long as I win and keep moving forward, I make a statement every time I win.”
“I don't worry about what the media has to say.”
“I was super excited to fight Yoel. He's dangerous; super dangerous.”
“DC will always talk. I just found out he just talks. I kind of figured it out. He talks just to hear himself talk. I know he wants to be that guy that's a big time promoter and all this other stuff, but I think he's his own biggest cheerleader and his worst promoter for sure.”
“I make people adjust to what I do, and worry about what I do.”
“I don't mind fighting Vitor or anybody else they give me. I don't care.”
“When you're fighting a guy like me, you just never know what's going to happen.”
“I am who I am. I'm not living for anyone else, I'm doing things for me. Regardless of what I do, someone's going to have an opinion about something. And that goes for... no matter who you are.”
“I don't expect to fight people who are not on my level.”
“After I got cut by the UFC for not making weight, I realized I was making myself look like a fool. I was hurting my team. I was hurting my family. I was hurting myself.”
“I do believe in ring rust. If you got it, you got it. And if you don't, you don't.”
“I hold my breath with my punches in the fight and you know how that catches up with you.”
“I'll always keep fighting, keep being myself and be as respectful as I can be to stay as true to myself as I can and stay humble.”
“In Sweden everybody is so calm and relaxed. I love it.”
“I'm a wrestler at heart. And, for wrestling, we usually lose as much weight as we can. We're pretty stubborn. If we say we're going to do something, we do it. That's just how wrestlers are. I just felt like I was the bigger, stronger, faster guy at 170. That's why I did it.”
“I wish the best for everybody.”
“People have ups and downs. Things happen for a reason.”
“At first, I wanted to compete and win a world title because I knew I was supposed to win a world title. I felt it.”