A biography for Tito Ortizhasn’t been written yet.
“I cheated on my first wife, Kristin. I thought I was untouchable. How could I be that inconsiderate to someone?”
“Tito Ortiz vs. Chuck Liddell III, the fight that all the fans wanted to see for the longest time and never got a chance to. I never got a fair shake when I was with the UFC against Chuck, any of the times I ever fought against him.”
“I'm a very emotional person. That's every one of my fights; it's all emotions.”
“Wrestling encompasses hard work, dedication, sacrifice, and determination - there's just nothing like it in any sport.”
“There was a disc and two bone spurs pressing on my spinal cord. If anyone's had spinal cord problems or disc injuries in their neck, they'd understand what I went through.”
“Shlemenko wants to make his name off of Tito Ortiz. He's not the first person ever to do this. People have been trying to use my name ever since I was the champ.”
“Scott Coker's been amazing to work with.”
“I've been able to mature and improve my mixed martial arts game completely; I just never stop learning, and whenever I think I know enough, I just keep working and do more.”
“From a kid who didn't come from much success growing up but watched Muhammad Ali and Hulk Hogan, to where I am today... I tell kids, 'You can achieve anything you want as long as you stick with it.'”
“Trust has always been a hard issue in my life, and when I was with the UFC, it was hard for me to trust people because it was like I was seeing lies, up to lies, up to lies.”
“Jon Jones is a great champion, but me in my prime, I was devastating. I was vicious. Nobody could stop me. Of course I could beat him in my prime.”
“I remember from the very beginning when I walked out at UFC 40, when we had the big lights, the flames, everything. Fans want to see entertainment.”
“In my mind, I know I'm one of the greatest. I know other people don't think that, but in my mind, I know I'm one of the greatest.”
“I want to let people to believe in themselves, people believe in me that everything is possible.”
“UFC, take me off your list. Take me off your Hall of Fame.”
“I made the wrong decision myself in my career. I tried to battle against the system. I should have never done that, but I didn't have anybody else who showed me how to do it before. I did everything on instinct.”
“They eat clean, they don't drink sodas, they don't have fast food. My kids eat like pro athletes.”
“The whole bad-boy image was for the cage, and that's it. It wasn't an act because it came from a passion for fighting.”
“Chuck Liddell's a puppet.”
“I'm very thankful to Bellator.”