Daniel Cormier Quotes
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If you say John Smith is the greatest wrestler in Oklahoma history, now that's big.
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When you start fighting, when your dream is to be the champion of the world, when you accomplish that, you don't feel lost. It doesn't hinder you. It only helps.
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It's very difficult to make a 100% turnaround. It's tough when you actually do exhibit patterns of bad behavior. You need to have a very strong support system of people who are willing to keep you in your place if you're going to overcome these things.
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My confidence comes from my fights and my training.
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I'm letting competition drive me, and when competition drives me, I don't think anyone can compete with me.
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If you're the UFC champion, you're the best in the world at what you do, and I get the opportunity to do that.
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Legacy does matter to me, and I want to leave a good one in MMA.
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People in Toronto love to watch fights.
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You don't see many Jon Jones's.
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We've seen smaller guys in main event fights, and they do well. It just takes the right combination of people I think. I think Dominick Cruz v. T.J. Dillashaw could have main-evented a PPV and done pretty good.
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Some people just don't like you; you cannot satisfy everyone. But I've got a lot of supportive fans – people who do like me, do enjoy what I do.
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How can you train if you're constantly worried about getting injured?
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People always get confused. They talk about coaches. The reality is, these coaches and managers that everybody thinks are in so much control, they work for us. They're our employees.
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My confidence comes from knowing I do the right things in my life. I do the right things in the gym. I do the right things all together.
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I think after I beat Ryan Bader, he should have to go get beat up by Anthony Johnson for being so disrespectful to Anthony Johnson.
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If you value your wins and you value what you've done over the course of your career, then you wouldn't want people harboring over a loss, even though you fought extremely well.
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I'm confident in my team. I'm confident in my coaches. I'm confident in my ability. I worked really hard to become a better mixed martial artist.
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I usually fight a lot. 2015, I fought three times. I fought three of the best guys in the entire world.
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I was a fan of Jon Jones. I thought he was great.
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Who I have fought and how I have fought, it says something about me.
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My training has always been really tough. I've always worked hard. I've always been very committed to my training and focused on my workout.
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If I didn't have the wrestling name that I have, I wouldn't have gotten the financial contract that I got with Strikeforce or the long-term contract or the television contract. That's all because of wrestling.
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I've done nothing wrong. Some people just don't like me. Maybe I'm somebody that's easy to dislike, but I don't get it. Whatever. I'll do what I do.
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Being able to go forward has been good, you know? I'm lucky to have that ability, to pressure guys and make them falter and wilt.