A biography for Darren Elkinshasn’t been written yet.
“I prefer to fight somebody in their hometown than fight in my hometown most of the time.”
“I try not to focus on the negative. That's not going to get me anywhere. I'm going to complain and get mad and it's still going to be the same.”
“I'm a gritty guy, I don't mind getting in there and getting gritty.”
“I was overtraining, and overtraining was getting me hurt.”
“If you're looking at me on tape, you're looking all about my wrestling but then I sneak in a lot of my striking because you're thinking about my takedowns. It keeps people on their toes.”
“Guys like Michael Johnson, they don't throw fake punches, they knock people out usually. But I take 'em; I take 'em well. And when I'm still in your face after I take them it really breaks you.”
“I'm built different.”
“I read books to keep my mind sharp.”
“I'm pretty big, and I'm stronger than everyone I fight at 145.”
“When I was younger I could depend a little bit more on my athleticism and my strength and all that.”
“I have a speech impediment. I was in speech for six or seven years. It was really bad when I was a kid.”
“I'm trying to get better each fight and show that I'm getting better each fight.”
“I can endure.”
“I haven't had any easy fights - they give me tough fights.”
“You're going to make good money if you become world champion.”
“If I let all the pressure get to me then I'm not going to fight the fight that I want to fight.”
“My ultimate goal is to be a world champion. Money's nice too. You add the temptation and the greed aspect in there. But I'd rather be world champion.”
“I have to change some of my training tactics and keep trying to get better.”
“I always stay in shape.”
“I enjoy learning new things, working on different things, and just seeing what I can do with myself.”