A biography for Tyron Woodleyhasn’t been written yet.
“Fighting, especially at this level, is about getting through adversity. You position yourself mentally to go out and take on obstacles that stand in your way. In the Octagon and in life, you face tough situations and have every chance to quit, but the more adversity you push through, the more likely you are to be successful.”
“Man, I fought since pre-K. I was small for my grade, but I was tough.”
“Have you seen any African American athlete that appeals to the urban market actually bring that market to the MMA?”
“The second I bring up race in the sport, I'm immediately race-baiting. But I can point out clear facts, where no other champion has been treated like me.”
“I don't think I'll get the credit I deserve, but I didn't get into this game for credit. I got into this game to be the greatest welterweight ever. If I keep knocking them out one by one, I think that will happen.”
“At the end of the day, it's a big difference to get the draw than to get the win, but I'll take either over a loss any day.”
“What got me into MMA first was that I was a wrestler, and I was a gangbanger getting into trouble a lot and getting into fights. I grew up in a family of 15 in a four-bedroom house. It was dysfunctional, so that alone made me want to be an MMA fighter. It's really the only sport where you gotta basically depend on yourself.”
“Amanda Nunes - I've been telling people that forever - she could compete with a lot of the male bantamweights in American Top Team.”
“What is there not to market? I fight like hell. I'm built a certain way, never taken performance-enhancing drugs.”
“When things get you in the corner, and it feels like you can't go on, you can fight back. You're never out of the fight.”
“You look at the top five right now and see guys like Kelvin Gastelum, who I've beaten, Carlos Condit, who I've beaten, Robbie Lawler, who I've beaten. How are those guys more notable than I am, and I'm the champion of the world?”
“I owe my family first, but I also have others around me that I have to perform for.”
“I don't fight safe; I fight smart.”
“Martin Luther King didn't know he was going to have a day named after him; Muhammad Ali didn't know he was going to be the people's champion. He was doing what he was doing because it was right.”
“I remember recording over my mom's cassettes and putting on 'Thuggish Ruggish Bone,' and my mom be like, 'What the hell?' Being that I was born in '82, I've been listening to all of the classics throughout my years.”
“I want to be compensated. If I'm working at the post office, and I'm sorting the same mail as the person to the right, and they're making $25 an hour and I'm making $21, I need to know what is this person doing so much better that he's getting $4 more than me. That's just knowing the market and being a smart businessman.”
“I'm gonna fall back, do my thing, but goddamn, I'm going to be a tough dude to deal with.”
“Nobody should be treated any type of way because of their color, their race, their gender, their socioeconomic status. We're all human.”
“I think Nick Diaz is a great fighter.”
“I want to leave a legacy behind. I want the chance to measure myself against the top guys and to have them bring out that champion within me in the Octagon.”