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“Anderson Silva is a tough guy, man. He's dangerous. He's got heavy hands, and he's not afraid to throw them. He's a dangerous opponent for anyone.”
“Numbers have always come easy to me.”
“As far as losing fights, that's part of the sport.”
“My first contract I was offered by the UFC, or my second contract, it was 1-and-1, 2-and-2, 3-and-3. That's $12,000 for the year. Don't complain to me about fighter pay. It was $12,000 for a year, and it was exclusive.”
“Everybody doesn't want to hurt to lower guys from getting paid, but it comes down to, it's a performance-based business. You get good, you win, then you get paid.”
“It's hard for me to fake smile. I personally think I look stupid fake smiling.”
“When I throw the hook, I think of my arm as a whip with a rock attached to the end.”
“I think, as a fighter, I kept improving. My movements improved, my accuracy improved.”
“I don't think the itch to fight has ever left me, ever. I mean, I got paid to do what I love for a living, and I got paid very well to do it. So that's going to always be there. That's always going to be like, 'Man, I wouldn't mind getting out there again.'”
“I have had people that I was doing some promotion stuff with go, 'You know, we had an idea. We should have, like, a legends fight.' It's always that. That conversation always comes up when we're talking about doing some promotion for a company or helping them promote their league.”
“I don't like being bad at anything.”
“'Dancing with the Stars' was hard work. It was interesting and fun, too, but it was hard work.”
“Every time I win, I prove something: I'm the best guy in the world at what I do.”
“My grandpa never got to see me fight. He always thought that I was the best in the world. He always told me that.”
“I don't change my style for anybody.”
“I've got a family, and I get to enjoy my family, and I get to do different things, trying the movie thing a little bit.”
“I'm competitive at everything.”
“I try to take two weeks off after a fight and then get back to working out four or five times a week.”
“Aldo needed to feel McGregor out. Coming right at him ran into McGregor's game. I thought he'd start by taking him down and confuse him a little. Maybe he had all that stuff planned, but one combo, and Aldo got caught. That happens, especially with a guy as talented and precise and full of power as Conor.”
“When I'm training for a fight, I work out two or three times a day for five days a week.”