Rafael dos Anjos Quotes
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It was priceless. Being the UFC champion and having my kids in the Octagon, my wife, them holding the belt. That was like a movie.
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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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If I take two years off, I would want to fight as much as possible.
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I am surrounded by great people.
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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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I'm an aggressive fighter, but I'm smart. I'm not going to play stupid.
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I was tested against the best.
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I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
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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 like to fight, and I think the fans want to see a good fight, too.
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If you look at my record, I have a clean record.
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When I was 16 years old, I weighed 176 pounds.
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When you're a fighter, and you're not doing good in your work, that happens - you lost the fight.
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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 a calm-headed fighter. I do my job.
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Cerrone, he's a very good Muay Thai guy, very long.
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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 don't want to fight anybody that just wants to hold you and try and eat the time.
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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'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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Ben Henderson, he had never been knocked out before fighting me.
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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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People treat you one way when you're champion, but when you're not the champion, everything changes. People treat you different.
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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.