A biography for Rashad Evanshasn’t been written yet.
“Being relaxed allowed me to fight the way I'm capable of fighting.”
“Only thing I care about, the only thing I think about is the fight in front of me.”
“The same people that boo you are the same people who will ask you for a picture an an autograph.”
“I was just so rambunctious as a little kid. It started because I hung out with my older brothers and their friends. I always had to fight to prove I was tough.”
“I'm open to fighting at 185 or 205 pounds, but I think I need to give this 185-pound run a real, honest crack. Being at this weight class has definitely made me into a different fighter.”
“Eric Knuutila was one of those coaches who I could tell who cared, who went the extra mile, who made sure that it wasn't just about getting me on the mat and wrestling.”
“Everyone's talking about Phil Davis and what he did in college. It's an accomplishment to win an NCAA title. I don't want to discredit that. But I believe if I would have wrestled him in college, I would have beat him.”
“And at the end of the day as an athlete you have to be coachable. And being coachable is a humbling thing.”
“I don't want to go out losing. But at the same time, it's what I need. It's what I need to do because I feel like I have other things in life that are calling me to do, to go to.”
“I won't fight Thiago Silva. I won't fight Cezar 'Mutante' Ferreira. I won't fight anybody who I train with.”
“I feel like I can beat Jon Jones. I see some things in his game that I can capitalize on.”
“I've had some real hard setbacks in this sport and I learned to realize that you can't really build who you are on what people say. That's ultimately building your foundation in sand.”
“I come from nothing. Growing up I didn't really have too much, and I can tap into that anytime that I want to and just remember how bad things were for me growing up and just knowing that I never want to go back there and I don't want my kids to go through it.”
“I wouldn't have won anything without Bill Dixon.”
“Getting the title shot was huge.”
“If you fight a hungry fighter and you look into their eyes and you're not as hungry as they are, that's when you get eaten up.”
“How many other people get a chance to be remembered forever? And that's what I really want. I want to be remembered forever.”
“I give a lot of credit to my training partners and to my coaches. Both Greg Jackson and Michael Winklejohn are amazing.”
“Ring rust is real. I've experienced it myself.”
“Eric Knuutila had a big impact on my wrestling career.”