A biography for Dominick Cruzhasn’t been written yet.
“I never criticized one person in any way that I did not believe was true. How am I a mean guy if I'm telling the truth? Because nobody wants to hear the truth.”
“For a long time, I felt like my identity was to fight. My identity was to be a world champion. That almost defined me.”
“I'm still the best bantamweight in the world in my mind, yes. If I had any doubt that I was the best in the world then I shouldn't be competing. If you don't think you're going to be the best, what's the point?”
“Preparation is a mentality... With wrestling being my background, I've always learned to overwork, overwork. Work, work, work, work. It's not always the talented that wins, but it's the one who puts in the most preparation and thought into things.”
“I am the best in the world, and all these guys are fighting me to gain credit.”
“The guys that drive Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Bentley GTs, it's because they want to flaunt the fancy car and get the girls and stuff.”
“I'm ready to live in the present - not the past and not in the future - because in the present is where there's peace.”
“My mom was always very, very careful with my mind: what I saw and didn't see.”
“I didn't deserve to get my title stripped after three ACL reconstructions. I didn't deserve to be out for four years. But it happened to me, and so I definitely learned over the years that you don't deserve anything. Nothing you have is yours. Everything is up for grabs in this world.”
“I don't need fighting. It's the cherry on top to this beautiful life I've been given.”
“I fight to drive my percentages through the roof for winning and lower my percentage by taking the least amount of damage and least amount of hits.”
“My goal is to become the best person I can, and in the process of doing so, I believe, I can help others. I'm also trying to make history in mixed martial arts and become known as the best 135-pound fighter to ever compete.”
“Everybody's got a puncher's chance in this game. I mean every single person on Earth. But my whole focus, my whole style, my whole dynamic is built around taking that power away from you. So where is the logic in why you're different from anybody else? There is no logic in it.”