Mirko Cro Cop

“I really believe that I'm a better fighter than Gabriel Gonzaga.”

“I was a professional and did my best to prepare for every fight, but after PRIDE Grand Prix, to be honest, I didn't have motivation to go on.”

“Obviously, I can't break my mental block in the Octagon.”

“It's not up to me. I will fight whoever the UFC puts in front of me. If it was up to me, I want to fight Dana White.”

“I train in the cage all the time. I have my own cage in my gym.”

“When my shoulder problems started, basic methods like massages and icing the shoulder did not help.”

“Talking about a fight with Randy Couture is a jinx for me.”

“I underestimated the difference of fighting in a cage.”

“I just hope that God will give me the strength that I can prove my worth.”

“I think the best thing to say is that I was born to fight.”

“I won a lot of money in UFC. I earned that money. The money wasn't given to me as a present. I earned every dollar of it.”

“Training, and every morning I have to take my dogs out into the forest. That's all I'm doing. I'm staying out of everything else. All other things that can take out my concentration and my energy from the training.”

“Conditioning is the most important thing in MMA.”

“I need to raise my kids. It takes a lot of time and a lot of energy to raise kids and make men of them these days. I don't want them to be lazy and just spend their father's money.”

“I'm not allowed to be woken up under any circumstances except if my house starts burning. Then my wife is authorised to wake me up, but only if fire gets to the door of my room.”

“Training is not the key. Head is the key. For me, it's head. How aggressive you will be. Who will attack first? But you need to be good in your head, and there will be no problem.”

“I don't know if I will take the UFC title, but I will die trying.”

“I was free on the market, and I wanted to go to the UFC, the only global organization.”

“The UFC has been so good to me over the years, and it is hard to leave this company and this sport.”