Rafael dos Anjos Quotes
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I'm an aggressive fighter, but I'm smart. I'm not going to play stupid.
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It wasn't easy to get here, and it will not be easy to take my title away from me.
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I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
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I still have a lot to do, a lot to improve.
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Everybody likes money. I like money. I need money to survive. But I don't love money. Money is not my god.
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What made me move up to welterweight was all the effort I was doing, to look at my health and have a good life. I wanted to stop sacrificing so much.
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People see me because I'm winning my fights. That's how I want people seeing me.
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If I take two years off, I would want to fight as much as possible.
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You have to respect your opponent.
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I think social media is good for promotion, stuff like that, but people are so negative. People are too negative. If you read the comments, it's just too negative.
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I'm the former lightweight champion. I want to fight one of the top guys. I don't want to fight a guy who isn't ranked.
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I was tested against the best.
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I think between 2014 and 2015, I made weight five times in 11 months. During that time, I felt my body change. It was able to hold on to more weight. And anybody who makes weight knows that it gets harder and harder to make weight once you've done it that many times.
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When I was 16 years old, I weighed 176 pounds.
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If you look at my record, I have a clean record.
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A lot of people tell me I have to trash-talk more, but I got here with my fists, fighting, not with my mouth.
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Ben Henderson, he had never been knocked out before fighting me.
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Cerrone, he's a very good Muay Thai guy, very long.
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I don't want to fight anybody that just wants to hold you and try and eat the time.
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I'm not a trash talker. I respect my opponents.
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I'm under contract. Whatever the UFC asks, I have to do because they are my bosses and they treat me very well. I can't complain about that, and it's this, man: When you have a boss, you need to follow orders.
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I'm a calm-headed fighter. I do my job.
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I'm always looking for perfection. Even after training and my coaches say I did good, I always think I could have done more.
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Everybody needs money, but I'm a fighter. For what I make, I'm happy with what I make. The money is not everything; it's about honor.