A biography for Vitor Belforthasn’t been written yet.
“You never show what you are going to do; you always do what the opponent doesn't expect.”
“People say, 'Oh, so you should retire.' Yeah, you want me to retire so you won't get knocked out. I won't retire.”
“Everything you do involves sacrifice. My work is to honor my principles, my opponent, and what I believe in. I stand for it, I fight, and I try to get better every day as a human being.”
“I was the youngest champion of the UFC.”
“Life is about seasons, and I think you got to know the seasons.”
“I have tried hard to be a good person. It's something I live for.”
“I lost a lot of money with sponsors.”
“My idea is to have two bases. I keep my family in Rio, and when I have a fight scheduled, I will come to Vegas to train here at Xtreme Couture, which I consider the best place for a MMA fighter to be.”
“I believe the reason why I fight in Brazil is because I sell a lot in Brazil.”
“Sometimes I flashback and say, 'Wow I'm still doing this. Wow, it's crazy.' And I'm very thankful, but I think my body needs a rest.”
“Training is what sacrifices. I see that in my body.”
“I don't even think in the future, pay-per-view is going to exist. You see Netflix and Amazon and what they're doing, and that's a model I think is going to grow and grow.”
“The worst thing in life is not to die but to live with bitterness.”
“I'm not retiring, because when you retire, you're still getting paid. I'm not getting paid, so I'm not retiring.”
“With Carlson Gracie, who saw something in me, I started learning and loved mixing together the martial arts.”
“We don't have any kind of sponsors. The players invest themselves. They need money. They need resources... That's why, in sports and teams, they have sponsors - in soccer, in the NFL. Everyone has sponsors who invest and help to pay daily expenses.”
“My body is not the same anymore for training. It's too much pain. I did more than 14 surgeries. I left everything in the Octagon.”
“I was always a man of the moment. I think it helped me go through things I went through in life.”
“I've had some ups and downs in my personal life, but I have overcame them.”
“I think when you're happy with yourself, that's what matters.”