Wanderlei Silva

“In this profession, you hurt the body a little. It's normal. Part of the job.”

“My next step is give opportunities so that guys can train. I watch here in Brazil and we've lost a lot of talent just because guys don't have a membership to the gym. I want to make free gyms in the community.”

“If you go out and make a show and put your heart on the line every time, the people will respond to that and the promoter won't be able to say anything.”

“I live in Las Vegas and I like my money, but I don't gamble, but I said to my wife I want to put a $100,000 on Shogun.”

“I'm against steroids. Steroids are bad.”

“I don't think about my losses. I only think about winning my next fight and preparing for my next fight.”

“I am a beloved athlete all over the world.”

“The probability I knock out Chael Sonnen is very big. Man, everybody knows his game. He is never going to take me down and I'm going to break his nose with my knee.”

“My career is over because I don't have the stage to perform where athletes get the proper respect.”

“Everybody has a savage instinct.”

“A bout between champions has to be considered a big show.”

“If it wasn't for us fighters, who have carried the sport on our backs since the very beginning... without fighters there is no fight, there's no event, and no show.”

“People love my style because I'm so aggressive.”

“No more corrupt politicians stealing from us.”

“Sometimes I put my heart in front of my technique.”

“The emotion that I have going into the Octagon and from the crowd is unbelievable. It's priceless.”

“I'm not that type of guy that only accepts a fight when a guy is coming off a win.”

“It's normal to be under pressure. I'm fighting professionally for 15 years, and it's always been like that.”

“But I was born in the real world, I'm from the streets.”

“I want to be tested until my limit.”