A biography for Jeremy Stephenshasn’t been written yet.
“I've learned from my losses.”
“I want to take advantage of all the opportunities that come my way.”
“I'm just like any normal human being. I just want an opportunity to go to work, earn my paycheck.”
“I definitely want to retire and do some FOX analysis.”
“I'm a real human being. I'm a person, I have feelings, I have emotions.”
“I'm like The Joker, bro - I have no plan.”
“We are in the fight business. You aren't here to model for Calvin Klein or this and that. This is what you do. You shut up and fight.”
“My whole overall game is getting better, not just where I need to grow, but I'm getting better in areas I'm already good.”
“As far as being an entertainer, I'm not. I'm just a fighter. Ilike to fight, I like to go for it and go for broke every time.”
“You're dealing with a different animal when it comes to Ferguson and Ferguson is not scared of Khabib.”
“I took everything I've learned at 155, wins and losses, and I've moved to 145.”
“I've fought nothing but the best.”
“I've grown as a fighter and a human being. I'm getting better every day.”
“Yeah TJ Dillashaw, another great former champion, he just put it on him, didn't allow himself to be bullied and utilizes a lot of swift techniques and he broke Barao. He was able to TKO him twice. I hit a lot harder and I wasn't able to knock him out or TKO him. It just goes to show that the true champion Barao is.”
“I just get creative with my training. I can be doing swims individually, or with one other person. I can be doing sprints. I don't need a whole lot.”
“Right as I was about to get my title break, I would just drop the ball. There was no self-confidence.”
“Brian Ortega has ducked me four or five times.”
“You can go back and look at my fights and you can be like, 'Damn, Jeremy has actually evolved every time. He's took that loss, he's accepted it, he's come back and he's grown and he's progressed and he's moved past that.'”
“I got a family to feed, bro. I'm not making top dollar like I should be.”
“Some days you show up and just get crushed, and other days you do the crushing.”