Jeremy Stephens

“I think we're surpassing boxing with the excitement and the fights that we give.”

“My kids are growing, and I want the best for them and the best for me and to set them up in the future.”

“Some fighters think just because they're on TV they deserve all this attention and all this pay. I disagree.”

“I have dreams, man. I'm never going to give up them.”

“With Siver being an exciting fighter and doing pretty well, I think we'd put on a good one. I think he's perfect guy for me and a great scrap. It'd be an exciting matchup.”

“I think Jake Paul's got some skills, man. I think a lot of people kind of estimate this guy. I think he actually is gonna do really well against Tyron Woodley, and he might knock him out. And he's got the money, and the training, and he's surrounded himself with really good people, and he's an athletic freak.”

“I've been fighting since I was 16, fighting in the UFC since my 21st birthday.”

“Only fighting once a year, that's not good on the bank account.”

“I'm not a dirty fighter. I never have been, my whole life.”

“My big bro, Anthony Johnson, he got cut from the UFC, he turned his career around, and that's what I'm looking to do.”

“I'm a human, I make mistakes.”

“When I have the right mentality, I can do whatever I set my mind to.”

“I'm able to burst and just throw heat for 15-25 minutes without having to worry about getting tired which is a mental block in the past that's affected me in fights.”

“If you're going to take away our sponsors, why not bump it up to $100,000 for a fight bonus? Let us scrap it out and make the fights even better. If you're going to do that, you might as well make the bonuses a little bit bigger so they get bigger and better fights.”

“It's just not my job to think about how other people think about their life or situations. I'm not in their shoes. The only thing I can worry about is me and take care of what's mine.”

“People cry too much in this business. This isn't the cry business. This isn't the hand-me-out business. This is the fight business.”

“I love Muhammad Ali and Jake LaMotta. I've always watched those old classic boxing matches. I like the way they fought. They came to fight. That's what I respect.”

“I've never been cut from the UFC for not taking fights.”

“As far as being an entertainer, that's just my style of fighting is aggressive and very fast paced. I always bring it.”

“I mean, look at that Klitschko/Fury fight. That fight sucked! And they get paid what, $12 million? I've seen so many better fights from flyweights and heavyweights in the UFC, because we're true fighters at heart, we'll go in there and put on a show but we're not getting paid like that.”