A biography for Johny Hendrickshasn’t been written yet.
“The most important thing is to win fights. It doesn't matter how you do it.”
“I'm not going to fight unless it's for a belt. Nothing else matters but the belt.”
“Pressure lets you know what kind of person you are.”
“I didn't enjoy fighting. All I cared about was trying to beat the scale. Once that got to a point where I couldn't compete with the scale anymore, I was like, 'I'm done.'”
“The toughest fight I've ever had was T. J. Grant.”
“I had Jake Ellenberger. I trained very hard for him; then I was able to get Carlos Condit, an excellent fighter. That's what it's all about.”
“There's nobody at welterweight I didn't face that I wasn't stronger than. I didn't face anybody that I didn't feel I couldn't outpower.”
“That's my goal for every fight, is to hit them as hard as I can.”
“It's weird, because realistically, I'm the average person. I got in one fight my whole entire life.”
“I still like fighting, it just got to a point in MMA where it was just another day.”
“One thing I've learned is portion control. So, for example, if I eat pizza, instead of eating the whole thing, I eat three slices, and then I put it up.”
“I've got to believe in my skills.”
“I have wrestling. Yes, I do; my background is wrestling. I have knockout power. Just because I don't go out there and use it all, you don't have to use it all to win fights.”
“I'm done. I'm retiring. I'm getting out of the MMA world.”
“I want the target on my back. I want everybody to come after me. That's been my goal since I started fighting.”
“I'm truly excited to be a part of the Reebok family. What really comes through when working with Reebok team is that they live and breathe fitness. They have an incredible heritage in training and know exactly what it takes to help athletes be as fit as they can be.”
“GSP can't hide from me forever, you know.”
“If you are out there golfing, and you hit a bad shot, anyone who knows golf will tell you that you just have to forget about it. If you don't, you'll hit another bad one and another and then another. It plays with your head. It's the same way in a fight.”
“Fans and reporters, they don't get that ever since I was five, all I've done is competed against something. I always had a goal. Then, whenever you hit a point, there's a point in an athlete's life where it's like, 'Is it still worth it?'”
“The more pressure you can put on me and get me out of my comfort zone, the better I shine.”