A biography for Dan Hardyhasn’t been written yet.
“People need to speak up if they see something that is not right.”
“I have a very realistic perspective on the sport, I think. The danger of guys sitting in the armchair and criticising is that they don't actually have that real time experience. I've had that.”
“I've always given the media a lot of time. A lot of fighters don't do that and it doesn't help their careers at all.”
“I've always said I'll finish my career with UFC no matter how it ended.”
“I don't think I'd want my kids to watch Diego Sanchez. He shows heart, but the reason he shows heart is because he doesn't show any intelligence in his fighting style.”
“I like that feeling of everybody watching me.”
“I'm a fighter that put on a shirt and tie and did a grown-up's job.”
“It's not unusual for me to spend three or four days a week watching eight or 10 hours of fights. Even if it wasn't necessary for work, I love the purity of combat sports and the purity of MMA.”
“I love watching fights with my friends, love discussing the fights.”
“I have dedicated my heart and soul to sport for many years.”
“I know, it sounds a contradiction, a fine art student fighting in UFC. But I'm not that unusual.”
“I'm to the point. That's how I am.”
“I can easily relate to the fighters almost as a sixth sense. I can pick up what they're thinking and read their body language.”
“I used to stop people in muay Thai with body shots, especially if they'd been talking a lot of trash, because then they had to lay on the canvas while I got my arms raised as they couldn't breath.”
“The truth is, in the ring you live a heightened life.”
“My first fight at UFC 89 was an undercard fight and after that I was co-main event. I've never really had that build-up into the UFC to the top level.”
“It's much more easy to relate to people when they've stepped off the streets and they're going through hard times.”
“Lyoto Machida and Chuck Liddell are both strikers, but vastly different in style.”
“I always felt like my career, as far as professional MMA, would start and finish with the UFC.”
“I can watch a fight and I can see when a guy's not trying or when he's exhausted.”