A biography for Mirko Cro Cophasn’t been written yet.
“I've heard that I could be facing Randy Couture. That would a great.”
“Some of my fights in PRIDE, I felt tired. I would train on the punching bag and feel great but then get tired in my fights.”
“I want to beat all the opponents who have beaten me before.”
“To be a successful fighter now, you have to go to a camp.”
“Even though I didn't do as well in the UFC as the rest of my career, I feel like I did everything that I could to have an overall successful career.”
“The UFC was the black spot in my career and my life.”
“I'm not angry or anything at Sonnen, but I will say one thing - I hope nobody gets offended; I don't wanna sound disgusting, and I am certainly not fan of any anthropologic theories - but you can see on that guy's face that he is limited and stupid, and his IQ is not higher than the size of the shoes he's wearing.”
“Even the biggest heroes turn into cowards when they get tired.”
“All of the people I have lost against, I always want to fight again.”
“People ask me if I'm going to open a school. Why not? I think I should. Maybe not a typical school where anyone can come but with young fighters definitely one day. I don't have the nerves for amateurs.”
“Everything was good when I was in Japan, and then, unfortunately, the injuries started.”
“I've made some investments during my career that I'm happy with, so my life, talking financially, is definitely OK.”
“I never liked to say any trash talk about anyone, and I never go low on that level.”
“When I came to UFC, I was treated like a king.”
“I feel that Japan is like my second home; this is where I want to fight.”
“I'm not the kind of fighter who just hates each other before the fight. I can talk to you until one minute before the fight, and then I will take your head off if I can.”
“I think it's stupid to say a guy who has trained in jiu-jitsu for as long as I have is just a stand-up fighter. I have trained with some of the best black belts in the world. I am comfortable on the ground. I can fight wherever the fight goes and not be concerned.”
“I'm not old. I'm 37, but I can do things that fighters 10 years younger cannot. I will prove that, or I will die trying.”
“I think I should be respectful of fighters. This sport is brutal enough itself. I don't think you should say stupid statements or should act like savages.”
“It was a mistake of mine to train like that, with friends, at home. It was a handicap I should not have given myself. In Croatia, we do not have big camps like in other countries, but I was not willing to go away to train.”