Chael Sonnen
Jealousy is a hell of a thing. There's a reason it's one of the deadly sins.Collection: Jealousy
When I was young, they used to call me 'foreman,' not because I was in charge, but because I did the work of four men.Collection: Men
There's a camaraderie that comes with this sport, but fighting Anderson Silva is a lot like eating Chinese food: twenty minutes after I do it, I'm going to want to do it again.Collection: Food
I train every day but Christmas. I'm not the guy who gets a contract signed and then trains for a fight. I'm at practice every single day, whether I've got a match or not.Collection: Christmas
I'm a God-fearing man, go to church every Sunday, and have since I was a boy. But if I ever found out that God cared one way or another about a borderline illegal fist-fight on Saturday night, I would be so greatly disappointed that it would make rethink my entire belief system.Collection: God
I don't walk around looking into cameras and telling people I'm the best fighter in the world just to hear myself talk. I say it for the same reason they put warnings on packages of cigarettes, and fighting Chael Sonnen may be hazardous to one's health.Collection: Health
My dad was a plumber. That's hard work. He never missed a day of work. I will never disrespect him by not showing up for an athletic competition that has a maximum duration of 25 minutes. There should be forfeiture if you have to pull out of a fight. If you don't show up, it should be a loss on your record.Collection: Dad
I'm not going to be one of the guys who hangs around if he doesn't have a road to the title.
I've had a lot of fights, and they haven't all gone my way.
Whenever you can evoke a strong emotion and want somebody to tune in, whether it's to see you win or get beat up - and I've been on both sides of that - it's a win.
What you don't want is for somebody to not care. Whenever they have no feeling at all, that's bad. Even if they kind of like you or they kind of don't, that's also bad. It's got to be a strong emotion one way or the other.
The UFC does not owe me a thing. Nothing. I am in debt to them.
I'm not after the money or the fame. I'm after the world championship, and that's it.
Every fight day, I just stay in my room the entire day, and I just stay in bed. I sleep as late as I can, which usually isn't very late; I'm kind of an early riser. But I try to just stay there in bed. I don't usually eat the day of the fight. I don't eat until after the fight.
I don't think I've ever had a better experience in the sport than coaching 'The Ultimate Fighter.' I got to do it twice, but I got to really build relationships there that will last forever.
I would never discredit the sport or my opponent by reading my injury list before or after the fight. I've always thought it's a very underhanded thing to do, and it's a very cowardly thing to do, to come out and say, 'I'm hurt,' particularly if you win a fight.
I will never hope to walk into a room and be cheered.
I have never asked the crowd for their approval, and I will never start.
I'm OK with being booed.
I will not pretend to be something that I'm not. I certainly won't do it to win the audience over.
Every time you have a huge fight in wrestling, in boxing, in MMA, both guys are sure they're going to win. They really believe it.
Jose Aldo, this guy's a chicken. I can't even tell you how good Jose Aldo is, but he doesn't think it.
When Georges St-Pierre retired and Jon Jones was absent, I had Jose Aldo, the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world. That's how highly I think of him.
I wouldn't poke fun at someone if they were weak. I wouldn't bully somebody.
I'm not going to sidestep anybody, I'm not going to back down from anybody at any weight, and most importantly, I'm not going to pick on a guy who is weaker.
I think I can beat any man.
Nobody wants to fight Brian Stann. I'm not the only guy, and that's not a big secret.
I've got two 10-8 rounds against Anderson Silva. That's just the truth. I have no equal at middleweight.
I never receive backlash for my comments. I receive praise.
Jon Jones' skill set is unique. Jon Jones goes out there and does video game moves that the announcers can't even call because they've never seen them before.
Ronda's a very basic and straightforward fighter. However, she's a masterful competitor.
Cain Velasquez, for my money, is the most intimidating force ever in heavyweight combat.
I go to a wrestling match, and I love it. But at a wrestling match, on every level - that includes Division I - you go into an empty and cold gym, you roll out a mat, and you set 10 chairs up on each side. That's a dual meet, and it's very hard to act like it's a big event.
It doesn't matter if I'm a rival of Anderson Silva's or not; I'm also very objective. And I'm not going to take something from a guy that he earned. Anderson Silva earned the right to be called the greatest of all time. And those are just the facts.
As fighters, the stark reality is, there's times in that cage when we want out. There's times when we've had enough and we want out, and we're able to recognize defeat.
All sin and all crime comes from the same thing: 'I decided. I decided this was okay.'
We start to decline as humans and, particularly, as athletes right around 25 years old. If you're real lucky, you might push that to 27 or 28.
I'm a huge supporter of Trump.
I listen to these pundits all the time breaking down Trump - 'He's brash, and he's bold, and he's successful' - and none of those are what it is. There's one word to sum it up, and it's courage. He has courage.
I'm candy-coated poison, and you should not believe anything else.
Sports are something that, for the most part, are for kids, and if you're able to extend your career, you're very lucky.
Because of both hipster culture and Facebook culture, the human race is starting to resemble a school of hairy piranhas.
I love the U.S.A.
When I'm a fan, I show up to boo. I don't show up to cheer; I show up to heckle.
I love going to the ring hurt or sick or tired and trying to figure out how to win anyway.
I'm better than Jon Jones. I'm better than Sean Combs. I am even better than John Holmes.
There was years when my father didn't even make a hundred grand - or barely made a hundred grand - and sure, we had a maid, but she only came twice a week. What do you think happened the other five days? You think those dishes washed themselves? You think those clothes got themselves in the hamper?
Accosting somebody in public can be regrettable. Accosting a gangster can be hazardous.
I was in Las Vegas when the Nogueira brothers first touched down in America. There was a bus - this is a true story. There was a bus that pulled up to a red light, and Little Nog tried to feed it a carrot while Big Nog was petting it. He thought it was a horse. This really happened.
I thought if you tapped out, you lost the round. Come to find out, you actually lose the fight.