Quinton Jackson

“I started kinda late with wrestling in high school, and I wasn't doing so well - I lost my first five matches in a row, and my little brother said 'wear this chain for good luck... ' and told me it might intimidate some of my opponents. Sure enough, when I wore the chain I went all the way to the regional finals.”

“Back in elementary I used to tell all the girls I was related to Michael Jackson. But as I got older I think it worked for me less and less.”

“Even though we don't speak the same language, we're friends. I still make him laugh. You know it's hard to make Fedor laugh, he don't change his facial expressions at all. I don't even know if he understands what I be saying, but when he gets around me, he be smiling.”

“I like it over in Bellator. I like the energy. I like it.”

“If you're a fan of a fighter, as soon as they lose, don't jump ship. That's when a fighter needs their fans the most.”

“I like to figure out the fight like a puzzle when I'm in the fight.”

“A lot of fighters are cocky.”

“I remember back in the days when Pride was the biggest show, but the UFC has surpassed them.”

“Fans turn on me whenever I lose a fight.”

“Vancouver strikes me as a San Francisco-kind of place.”

“A lot of top fighters, what do they do after they retire from fighting? They're real popular. Like Tito Ortiz. They've got so much momentum, they're so popular and then they fall off the face of the Earth. They should take acting lessons. They should keep their fans.”

“I'm more than just a fighter, I'm an entertainer, I like to entertain people.”

“I've always been a defensive wrestler, but when I go in there in the fights, I get so caught up in trying to knock people's heads off that wrestling goes out the window when you're throwing punches and kicks and stuff.”

“Just to be honest, I think Pride had their match-makers make exciting fights.”

“I need to be a promoter, man. I need to start a promotion. If I was a promoter, man, I would be the best matchmaker. I would be putting on the most exciting fights.”

“To be honest, my experience in this movie industry hasn't always been good.”

“I've fought a couple different places in the world. I love America, I'm American, but I have to say that American fans are the worst. I have to say it. They can get mad at me. I said it, and it's something they can work on.”

“When I used to fight in Japan, I was popular there and people asked me for pictures and it was nice, and when I came home no one knew who I was. That was the perfect life.”

“I was the last PRIDE champion.”

“You can't fight forever.”