Rafael dos Anjos Quotes
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I think every fight is different based on who is fighting.
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I still have a lot to do, a lot to improve.
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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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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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You have to respect your opponent.
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I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
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If I take two years off, I would want to fight as much as possible.
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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 like to fight, and I think the fans want to see a good fight, too.
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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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I was tested against the best.
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When I was 16 years old, I weighed 176 pounds.
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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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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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If you look at my record, I have a clean record.
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Ben Henderson, he had never been knocked out before fighting me.
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I'm a calm-headed fighter. I do my job.
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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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Cerrone, he's a very good Muay Thai guy, very long.
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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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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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I want to keep active, so when they called me to fight Nate Diaz, I agreed because I wanted to stay active. I got a little surprised because he was out so long, but he's a tough opponent.
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I do things right. No shortcuts.