Anderson Silva
Life is about how much you can take and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward.Collection: Life
You can't give up on your dreams.Collection: Dreams
When I started training martial arts, I learned about respect.
I love the sport. I love fighting. Fighting is my life.
People that want to talk can talk. Even a parrot talks. People are always going to have their thoughts on what they're going to say.
I win for long time. I'm champion for long time - for years.
The fact is that everything I've done, no one else could do. I don't want to be cocky or arrogant or think I'm the best, but what I've tried to do all those years was to show I was different from the others. And that's not my opinion, but everyone's.
I respect my fans.
Georges St-Pierre is a good fighter who is proving his place in MMA with every fight.
I'm always training to fight the best fighters in the world, and if the UFC wants me to fight Georges St-Pierre, then I will fight him.
I don't have a problem putting on or cutting weight. I would adapt my training if I'm training for a Light Heavyweight fight by using different techniques and by wearing a weight vest to get used to the extra fighting weight.
There are many great fighters in the UFC; some of my favorites are Rodrigo Nogueira, Lyoto Machida, and B. J. Penn, but aside from these guys, the UFC has many great fighters in every division.
My teaching is my legacy.
Not only in the Octagon, but also in life, sometimes I have to take two steps back to take one step forward.
I would love to fight my clone.
I was really disappointed with the lack of respect from the UFC towards Brazilian athletes.
I'm an athlete who took the sport to another level. I don't get or ever got the respect from people.
I no fight for the money because I work hard for UFC for long time. I have money for my family. But I fight because I love it.
I think everyone deserves their place in this sport, and Bisping has been around, and he's fought hard and deserves to be the champion.
I'm a natural born fighter, so this is what I do, and it's normal. It's natural. It's what I've always done as a martial artist, and as a martial artist, it's what I always wanted to do - test myself and always fighting. It's what I'm meant to do.
I respect all the fighters. I respect Jon Jones. I respect Chris Weidman, but I'm here for working.
I'm not scared of Jon Jones or Chris Weidman or whoever. I'm here to fight. That's it. It's simple.
I respect all the fighters. I respect Georges St-Pierre because Georges has a great story in the UFC. I respect all the fighters in here because this is the biggest sport in the world.
This is the UFC. UFC has the best fighters in the world. That's it.
The moment when I broke my leg, when I realized my leg was broken, I thought my career was over.
I trained together with Jacare for a long time.
A lot of people thought I was gay.
I think I've been through all the phases of the sport. I won, I lost, I got injured. Now I get to do what I love, with my truth, without worrying about what people will say or things like that.
For a long time, I have waited for the opportunity to fight Mr. Roy Jones. This is my personal goal and dream.
I'm a big fan, and I like the idea of fighting Roy Jones Jr.
I like to play soccer and paintball. I love paintball.
God bless Neymar because this boy has changed the lives of kids in Brazil. A lot of children watch him, believe they can be the next Neymar. Sometimes, you have a great opportunity to change and impact the lives of kids.
I don't feel that I have to prove anything to anyone as far as what I've done in fighting.
Having kids and a relationship at such an early age definitely built up my hunger and perseverance to succeed.
Definitely I feel my kids played a big role in why I was so successful in fighting.
The thing I always demand is respect. I respect everybody and have a history in the sport, and I believe people need to respect me.
Unfortunately, the reporters ask the same questions over and over again. When reporters keep asking the same questions, they've got to recognize I may hear these questions 20 to 30 times in a matter of days. It gets to the point where I think, 'Read the other interviews!'
The only problem with Pride was guys would try to slip through the ropes to escape. But other than that, I love Pride rules.
Basically, sometimes a reporter will ask a question, and I feel the answers only matter when the questions are relevant.
Past waters don't move anything. They only create mosquitoes.
Brazil's got everything to be a great country for Brazilians and for immigrants.
His boxing style is one that I would like to test myself against. I've always been a fan of his, and I've always wanted to test myself against Roy Jones.
Roy Jones and Muhammad Ali are the inspiration for my style of fighting.
Roy Jones is different. I like the style and the movement.
I will be a complete man, a complete athlete, with a fight with Roy Jones Jr.
I come to fight because I love to fight. It's my life.
I proved for a long time how much I've given of my heart and of my time to the UFC.
Fighting, for me, is like skydiving without the parachute.
I love my job. I go to fight because this is me.
Nick Diaz is a guy who walks forward, has great boxing skills.