Sage Northcutt

“I think that every single fight you have is to prove yourself. Even if you're the world champion, the UFC champion of the world, you're still proving yourself; people are coming to beat you.”

“Mr. Faber is a huge role model. He's a UFC Hall of Famer. He's such a driven person and a champion.”

“A lot of people have a lot of things going on in their life. You'll be walking past ten people in the middle of the day and not even notice, but someone might have a family member that died, or someone might be going through a hard time. Sometimes you're the only person that someone might see that lifts them up.”

“Having full-time classes, it doesn't really work out because there's so much workload and so much studying that you really don't have time to train. I'd stay up until two or three in the morning just studying, and then I'd have to go get a few miles running, work out at the gym super late, and try to get my working out in late at night.”

“People see a lot of my standup, and that's what I'm known for since I was trained in karate and kickboxing, but I also have ground game.”

“I believe the UFC knows what they're watching and looking for, so I always try and put on a great show for everybody watching and try to go out there and finish my opponent and do something exciting. I believe a lot of people come out to watch me and see me perform.”

“I've trained my whole life, and I've always had the UFC be a goal of mine.”

“I think that we all got to have respect for each other. And we could all be more careful with the things we say.”

“I try not to hear anything negative about me, and if I do hear it, I try to block it out.”

“At 155, I kind of feel, when I'm fighting out there, I just don't feel like I have the right thinking ability. I kind of feel like my mind is foggy, if that makes sense. I don't really know how to describe it. Maybe it's the weight cut.”

“I try to be very smart and use wisdom about everything.”

“People say I don't have the experience. I might not have 20 MMA fights, but I've been fighting my whole life.”

“I'm a totally different person in training.”

“Whatever Dana White and Joe Silva have planned for me, I'm ready.”

“I'm training to be the champion. I become the champion of whatever I put my mind to, so I believe I will be the champion. I think the UFC will be able to realize that, and we'll see what they say.”

“Being in school and doing the fighting stuff, it is very tough. I had school work all the way from Monday through Friday, and then on the weekends, you had homework, engineering projects and stuff. That makes it very tough.”

“I think me and Mr. Dolph Lundgren look kind of alike.”

“There's always going to be people saying negative and positive things. If you let all that into you, and you're always contemplating that and thinking about that, I'm sure that can get to you. I try not to do that.”

“CM Punk was a great wrestler, and he has so many fans and made a lot of people happy with what he did over the years.”

“I always stay positive if I can. I always stay upbeat and always have a ton of energy.”