Roy Nelson

“I think just more that it's okay for fighters to have a self-esteem. I think I've kind of shown that that's okay. And as long as you put the hard work in, you can accomplish anything.”

“We're in a very individual sport, but they like us not to be so individual. They'd rather have you look like every other cookie cutter guy and have you believe that you're replaceable when you're really not.”

“I probably train just as hard or harder as everybody.”

“Everybody hates a whiner.”

“I guess there's a showmanship in fighting.”

“Anytime I come to any organization, I have my sights on the belt.”

“What's wrong with being a two-sport athlete? You've got Deion Sanders. You've got Bo Jackson. You've got Michael Jordan; he wasn't a very good baseball player. There's nothing wrong with crossing over.”

“I'm not a UFC athlete. I'm a UFC fighter.”

“There's some guys where I'm like, 'I won that fight and only lost because of the judges,' or I got cheated or whatever. I know I'm a better fighter.”

“You learn from your mistakes, and you grow from them.”

“Carwin, he seems like he trains for five one-minute rounds. That's his championship fight, apparently.”

“Stipe's one of the top guys in the UFC. He wouldn't be in the UFC if he wasn't one of the best in the world.”

“If you made the choice to get in there and fight, you have to accept accountability for whatever happens.”

“I stopped trying to think about how the UFC operates. It's like trying to understand a woman.”

“Just go out there against the best fighters in the world and see where I stand. That's what I want.”

“I guess everybody is doing a movie thing, so I'm doing the 'Scorpion King 4.' My role in the movie is as one of the king's guards, with a very original name: Roykus. Apparently, back in the day, everybody's name was 'us,' so 'Roy' plus 'us,' and put a little 'k' in there: Roykus. I'm one of the royal guards, and I do my own stunts like Jackie Chan.”

“If Dana White said he wanted to fight heavyweight, everybody would watch that fight tomorrow just because they want to watch Dana get beat up or win or whatever it is.”

“There are athletes out there trying to get every advantage they can, including things like muscle and low-fat percentages. I feel if I'm the better fighter, I'm the better fighter.”

“Stupid can't fix stupid.”

“I'm one of those heavyweights who'd like to fight as often as possible.”