Cody Garbrandt

“I'm chasing greatness.”

“There's so many dudes that I'd like to fight at the top.”

“I was 25 years old, a world champion.”

“It's something I've visualized since I was teenager, fighting Cruz, but he's never really faced a sound physical and emotional fighter like myself.”

“I got a shirt that says 'Hanging with the boys,' I call everybody 'boy.'”

“I'm not going to die with dreams, I'm going to die with memories.”

“I was having so much fun in my first world title fight, against one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, I didn't want it to end.”

“I lost an amateur fight where it was supposed to be my last amateur fight before going pro and people were like, 'Oh, you think you're going to make this? You just got knocked out as an amateur?' And I went on to win 13 fights straight and become a world champion, the best in the world.”

“Obviously I'm a professional at all times. But we're in the fight game. Crazy stuff can happen.”

“I'm in this sport to challenge myself.”

“I'm the hardest puncher, the fastest fighter in my division.”

“I've been super motivated to get better.”

“Honestly, I feel I am very skilled, I work hard.”

“I'll be shadow-boxing and look over and see Kai shadow-boxing around the house. Me and my wife trip out all the time because he listens to us and absorbs everything we do and say... I know I have to be a good example for him. I want him to be proud to say, 'That's my father.'”

“I feel like everyone's equal, I never thought I was better than anybody.”

“That's what I'm here to prove, that I am the best.”

“I like to stay busy and I like to fight, I'm a fighter.”

“Before I got in the UFC, I wrote down on a piece of paper a goal that I was going to make it to the UFC in 2015 and then I'll be the world champion before 2017 so I'm right on track. I pull out that piece of paper all the time and look at it. It's motivation.”

“You only get one first title shot.”

“I always say, 'Honor thy mother and go to war for my brother.'”