Georges St-Pierre

“There's no such thing as the greatest of all time. It doesn't exist. It's an illusion.”

“I'm a martial artist, and I don't train because I have a fight; I train because it's my lifestyle, and I'll train every day if I'm not hurt.”

“I don't depend on fighting or the UFC to live my life.”

“People don't understand fighting. They think you just go there and stand in the middle and swing for the fence. People who fight like this are idiots.”

“I retire from competition with great pride at having had a positive impact on my sport. I intend to keep training and practicing martial arts for as long as I live, and I look forward to watching the new generation of champions carry our sport into the future.”

“My strategy is simple. I fight at what I'm good at. I am not good at trash talking, so I don't fight with trash talking. It is not my thing.”

“It takes a lot of discipline to become and stay champion. It also takes a lot of discipline to stop while still feeling that you're in the best physical and mental shape of your life, but I've always planned to leave the sport when I'm at the top and in good health.”

“I like hip-hop music.”

“I'm at my best when I'm nervous, scared. I feel like I'm on the edge, that's when I perform better.”

“I'm pretty bad at video games.”

“I was a big fan of Jean-Claude Van-Damme growing up, and I always wanted to be a martial artist 'cause of him.”

“The moment I'm most proud of my career is when I got dropped by the headkick by Carlos Condit. I fell down and I was able to stand up.”

“I would say Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Biel are very attractive. I think I would put Jessica Biel as No. 1. She's very beautiful.”

“I try to protect my loved ones, the people I share my life with, because they don't have a public life like me. I want to keep their lives private out of respect for them.”

“If you lose a race or game in hockey, you lose a game. That's it. If you lose a fight you might lose part of your brain because of the damage.”

“Even though you're the best, it doesn't mean you're not going to lose. And it doesn't mean nobody's going to beat you.”

“The more knowledge you get, the more questions you ask. The smarter you get, the more you realize that everything can be possible.”

“I do not believe Michael Bisping is a good trash talker.”

“I still eat my ice cream if I want to. I like dessert, of course.”

“There is a difference between a fighter and a martial artist. A fighter is training for a purpose: He has a fight. I'm a martial artist. I don't train for a fight. I train for myself. I'm training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.”