A biography for Robert Whittakerhasn’t been written yet.
“You know those hard days you go home where you've been worked to the bone and you just want to do nothing? In fight prep, every day is that day.”
“I think everyone has to have their mettle tested in a tough fight.”
“Happiness is a key to my success, and my family is a root of that.”
“I think it's highly unprofessional to not make weight.”
“Everyone knows I like to fight injured. Half the fights I've taken, I've always been injured.”
“I like to think I learn a lot out of every fight.”
“It's definitely been a progression, but I always knew I could be a great fighter. I could feel it inside of myself.”
“I never expected to do what I can, but with my coaching staff and my training and coming to terms with my own ability and my own talent and realizing the potential that there is, I've decided that I want to make a run for it. I'm training, and I'm fighting for a title.”
“It's an absolute honour and privilege to get out there and be an Australian headlining an Australian card. That's unreal; it really is.”
“Everyone knows what crappy food is: high grease, high fat... or what clean eating is. They just make excuses not to do it.”
“It's coffee - if I have just the right amount, I come across as charismatic. One too many, and it's like I'm having a seizure.”
“I've never cared who I fight. And that's something I just say - 'I'll fight anyone' - it's something I've lived up to my whole career. And I'm proud of that.”
“No fighter wants to risk getting ring rust.”
“Fighting is fighting. Family life is family life. I need a distinct barrier between the two. Obviously, my family dictate how I'm feeling and my head space. But work's work.”
“I don't have any ill will towards any of my opponents. I understand we are the highest calibre of athlete in this sport, and we will both go and give it our all. But I don't want anyone to misinterpret what I am saying: when we step into that octagon and we touch gloves, I am going to break his face.”
“Court McGee is definitely a name worth fighting - and beating.”
“Family are my greatest source of strength. Emotion - they help me deal with that. One look at them, and I know everything is OK.”
“I will be in the UFC one day, and it will take more than one man to stop me.”
“I'm a very objective-driven bloke, so to have a goal in mind and to have something to do is very important to me.”
“Pretty much all my mother's side is Kiwi, and we have a strong Maori heritage.”