A biography for Vitor Belforthasn’t been written yet.
“My hope is in God.”
“We need to reinvent ourselves.”
“I'm able to fight anywhere.”
“By the time I was 17 years old, I already had my black belt.”
“The way I want to be remembered is not the way I will be, and I'm cool with that.”
“Fighters can fight into their 50s. Why not?”
“Like in combat when you're in chaos, a Navy SEAL in chaos, you cannot be afraid of dying for a cause.”
“I want to create a better environment for the kids who look up to me. I want them to know I'm not a perfect man, but I am a man who is willing to pay the price to do what is right. That's who I am.”
“I am very loyal to my principles.”
“What I want is the belt. It doesn't matter who has it.”
“Some things really don't matter.”
“I have had regrets along the way, but when I leave this sport, I'll do so with my head held high. I know I gave it my heart and soul, and I tried to learn and be better every day.”
“The Holy Spirit gives me everything I need.”
“Let me fight Jon Jones. I need that rematch.”
“I learned that education and sport are the bedrock for any person, but education comes first, no doubt about it.”
“Everybody knows that people cheat, but I don't.”
“You've got to respect your body and know the time to transition to what's next. A lot of athletes cannot transition. They don't have nothing to do after.”
“Sometimes you fall down, but you have to pick yourself back up.”
“I have the most loyal fans that have been with me since I was 19 years old, when I was just a young guy becoming a world champion.”
“Any fight that I have can be the last, or it can be the beginning.”