A biography for Justin Gaethjehasn’t been written yet.
“Working in a juvenile detention center, being a probation officer for at-risk youths, I'll do something like that. Something nice and stable.”
“I want to be a fighter, this is what I love to do, but it's totally taxing on the body and the mind. Especially the mind.”
“Humans recognize effort, and that's what I do. I give max effort.”
“I'm a coachable person. I don't like to lead myself. I've been taught by great people, and I was able to listen to them.”
“I owe it to myself to not sell myself short by taking a pay cut just to go to another organization.”
“I'm very levelheaded.”
“I got into wrestling when I was four years old.”
“I've been saying I'm the best in the world for a long time.”
“It sucks to say it, but if I was to go out there and get outclassed by James Vick, I'd have to hang them up. He's not good, he's slow.”
“I want to fight Khabib. I think I'm one of the biggest threats to his title.”
“I'm so much better than James Vick.”
“I praise World Series of Fighting, they gave me every opportunity I had, and at the end, they were totally professional and did everything they could to help me out.”
“I think Khabib is going to take him down immediately, or create some kind of scramble immediately. I don't think Poirier stops his takedowns.”
“Twenty-five minutes is a long time to stay focused. It's really something I had to work on to go in there and not get complacent for 2 seconds or 5 seconds or 1 second. That's all it takes.”
“Melvin Guillard went to a split decision with me, he left the third round in a wheelchair. He did not walk to the back - he left in a wheelchair.”
“I don't get hit a ton on the button.”
“This is a making-money business, and the only way to make money is knocking people out. Lying on someone? That's pathetic to me. You gotta drop a bomb.”
“My only goal ever in a fight was to go in there and create chaos. Now, I want to control the chaos that hate's created. I want to fight in the right spots.”
“I watched the UFC way back in the day, before there were time limits. I always knew it's what I wanted to do some day.”