A biography for Frank Shamrockhasn’t been written yet.
“My kickboxing coach Maurice Smith is one of the best ever.”
“I want retire at 45 and have a 24-year-career. I feel I can do it.”
“With Strikeforce, we didn't have the capitalization to take advantage of our initial success.”
“Every time you get hit in the head, time slows down just a bit.”
“I've been pioneering for this sport since before there was weight classes and gloves.”
“Mixed martial arts or whatever you want to call it, it is still martial arts.”
“I left the UFC after the fight with Ortiz. Tito was the last super tough guy as I had already handled all of the other guys quite handily.”
“I wish the sport was much more evolved when I got into it.”
“I've got a few tricks when it comes to psychology and stuff.”
“Guys taking damage need to be compensated for the shortness of their career.”
“I'd been an entrepreneur, a very focused businessman, spokesman, and ran multiple companies based around Strikeforce. When it changed hands, my whole life stopped.”
“I had this relationship with Strikeforce that included getting all these investments and really building the brand up, moving it in the right direction. I was constantly looking for financing and opportunities.”
“I had a rough upbringing. Group homes. Foster homes.”
“You have to remember, I had come from a pretty hard life. There was all this abuse and everything else, so the idea of fighting for sport was pretty heavy. Fighting to me was about fighting for your life, you know.”
“I stopped being a fighter in 1999 and I became a fight executive the moment I retired and took control of my brand.”
“Fighting is fighting. You close your fist and it's all pretty much the same.”
“I like Cung. He's a good guy and a good martial artist. He doesn't sell a fight very well, but he looks great and he fights hard. He definitely fills two very important requirements for building a fight.”
“When I first came along there was also only two weight classes, so you can imagine things were pretty crazy back then.”
“I just want to be known as the guy who made a difference because he really believed.”
“I look back at my life fighting and I can't believe I did all that. This sport is totally nuts.”