A biography for Robert Whittakerhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm always trying to prove myself to the rest of the world.”
“If you don't make weight, you're breaching a contract, straight up.”
“I just don't want to be a champion; I want to be one of the best fighters there ever was.”
“I want to be known as one of the best fighters ever. I don't just need a shiny medallion to tell me anything. I want to beat all the top-caliber dudes.”
“I think the mental preparation isn't something that you can work on in one large sum. It has to be a collective collaboration of doing little things for your mental state constantly throughout the prep and managing your life outside the Octagon, managing your life in transit to the Octagon, managing your life once you get to training.”
“I don't pick and choose. I've never really had an qualms about who I fight next.”
“Take a martial art that you enjoy. Don't worry about the end result; just enjoy getting up and going to training. And there is no right martial art to do. They are all good.”
“I would love to have a crack at Michael Bisping - with or without the gold, I'd want to have a crack at him because I respect him as a fighter, and he's a tough dude, and I'd love to swing it out with him.”
“I want to fight all the best. I want to be the best fighter in the world. The only way to truly attain that title is by beating everyone.”
“My standard training week, there's a lot of training in there. I have a high-performance coach who manages these spreadsheets of mine, manages my sessions and my loads. It's a very complicated process, and he puts me through about 22 sessions a week.”
“I like eating. I like food.”
“I'm hugely into video games; I always have been. I started on the Sega with games like Sonic, Battletoads, and Tetris... all those old-school games.”
“Everyone needs an objective, and everyone needs a goal, and it was frustrating just kind of being at a standstill.”
“I'm definitely driven to go as far as I can.”
“If Mayweather wants to come over and fight in the UFC, then do it. It's hardcore here, though. I don't think it'll be a stroll in the park. Granted, he's the best boxer ever seen, just about.”
“Getting back to 100 per cent is one thing, but working at 100 per cent is something else entirely. And given one of my main goals has always been improving my skill set, to do that, I need to be working out at 100 per cent.”
“With the UFC, anything can happen, really.”
“Before The Ultimate Fighter, I was appearing before a couple of hundred people at most. Now, I'm on the card of a Las Vegas blockbuster... this is every Australian fighter's dream.”
“I have great striking, really great striking, and I hit very hard.”
“I train hard; I have the best coaching staff in the world... We always do the right things. I stick to the plan, and we get things done.”