A biography for Jared Cannonierhasn’t been written yet.
“First and foremost, I'm the 'Cannon Man.' That's the whole meaning behind my last name. The Cannon Man, so look it up.”
“I sweat real easy. I sweat very easily.”
“Money don't last forever.”
“Everybody works the same, everybody has a brain, a heart, a liver, and I've learned many ways how to take those punches.”
“If I'm looking back, I'm going back. That's anxiety and that's not beneficial to me winning a UFC title, that's for damn sure.”
“You're going to have to watch me to know how I do my thing.”
“I don't get on the ground and hold people down. If I'm on top, it's going to hurt. You're going to give up, or you're going to get out of there.”
“I don't doubt myself.”
“It doesn't matter who you're winning against, as long as they are capable and the UFC only picks capable people.”
“When I dropped religion, when I broke that curse, doors really began to swing wide open for me and then I really started to connect with the earth, with every individual who I come in contact with, and with the cosmos in general.”
“I'm only getting better as time goes by, I can only get better.”
“I'm not going to sit here and judge anybody based off of what they do, based of their upbringing, their experiences.”
“There was a lot of people writing me off, probably because you don't know me, because I don't run my mouth.”
“I can't put all my eggs in one basket. I have to plan carefully.”
“The only thing I said was that I feel us being a major organization on ESPN, UFC athletes should definitely get paid the same that NFL, NBA athletes should, or compensated to a certain degree because injuries, families, all that kind of stuff.”
“Everybody goes back to that and says that I was complaining to the UFC about my pay. I'm like, no, I would never complain to the UFC because I'm the one who voluntarily signed the contract.”
“As long as I keep winning, that's closer I get to retirement.”
“I've learned over time that footwork controls time and space as far as combat sports goes.”
“I've taken the bumps, the bruises, and the losses.”
“Any win is good.”