A biography for Anthony Smithhasn’t been written yet.
“It wasn't ever easy. Growing up, I was a struggling youth. Being half white and half black in a predominantly white neighborhood in Nebraska, no father, struggle and pain is all I've known. I wouldn't say I had a death wish, but I didn't care either way.”
“I don't have it in me to say that I can't do something.”
“We're all hurt. Every single one of us, every single time we fight. There's not one person that can ever say they go in 100 percent healthy.”
“I think we can agree that I'm not the guy that goes out and picks fights.”
“I've been in jail before. None of that stuff changed until I was ready to change. That was it. I don't hide it.”
“It would be super unfortunate if Rakic kind of gets to sit around and turn down the fights that he doesn't like and then gets the biggest fight available in the division. That would hurt my feelings, to be honest with you, especially being a guy who takes every single fight offered and the ones that nobody wants.”
“I like working for ESPN.”
“Hector Lombard kicked me 32 times in that fight. No issues. I walked through the airport the next day.”
“When I fought Josh Neer the first time, he broke me and that will never happen again. Cause it's the worst feeling in the world.”
“It needs to be the fighter's decision if he wants to fight and if he doesn't.”
“I don't want people to think that I'm going to 205 because the fights are easier. They're not any easier at all.”
“What really worries me is that I'm going to win the world title, and I'm not going to fill fulfilled.”
“You see some of these people, they lose and they're struggling and they go in a hole and just hide out and that's just not how I've ever done it.”
“I could be a super clean striker that's really pretty and 'OOs' and 'AHHs' everybody.”
“After the fight, yeah, it will be great to say I had the honor of competing against Shogun, but until then, Shogun is the guy who is in the way of what I want.”
“People can say all day that doubt is a bad thing, but I don't think that it is. I think doubt motivates people, depending on who you are.”
“I heal super quick.”
“I said I needed to force Jon Jones to fight me and I didn't do that. He didn't fight me, he nullified me.”
“There were several times when I was cutting to '85 that I wasn't sure if I was going to live. Yeah, it was bad.”
“The sport is very hard and you put your body - the fight's the easiest part. Making it through a training camp as uninjured as possible is the tough part.”