A biography for Daniel Cormierhasn’t been written yet.
“I've done nothing but show up and fight, go to work inside the Octagon, outside the Octagon, and do things right. But people want to talk about me and discredit me.”
“My confidence comes from me, not from Jon Jones. I can't draw my confidence from another person.”
“I'm not really worried about what Anthony Johnson does. I have to worry about what I do to prepare myself.”
“You have to be very vocal about being willing to fight anyone.”
“If you value your wins and you value what you've done over the course of your career, then you wouldn't want people harboring over a loss, even though you fought extremely well.”
“Just being in the gym every day with someone with goals in common is special.”
“Legacy does matter to me, and I want to leave a good one in MMA.”
“A lot of people want to discredit me.”
“Throughout my entire life, I've always been a captain. I was the captain of my high school team. I was the captain at Oklahoma State University. I was the captain of the 2008 Olympic team.”
“You can love me, you can hate me, but just don't be indifferent. Care about it enough to watch.”
“I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.”
“It's like I cannot separate myself from Jon Jones.”
“I've always been a rough kid.”
“I usually fight a lot. 2015, I fought three times. I fought three of the best guys in the entire world.”
“My little girl's in Heaven. She's my angel, and I can draw from that.”
“Some people just don't like you; you cannot satisfy everyone. But I've got a lot of supportive fans - people who do like me, do enjoy what I do.”
“How can you train if you're constantly worried about getting injured?”
“A lot of times, losing a fight is tough. In your darkest hours, I guess your true colors show.”
“I think after I beat Ryan Bader, he should have to go get beat up by Anthony Johnson for being so disrespectful to Anthony Johnson.”
“In my opinion, whenever you get two guys who want to fight each and two guys who want to be in a good fight, you let them fight.”