Anderson Silva Quotes
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I'm an athlete who took the sport to another level. I don't get or ever got the respect from people.
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Fighting, for me, is like skydiving without the parachute.
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A lot of people thought I was gay.
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Definitely I feel my kids played a big role in why I was so successful in fighting.
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For a long time, I have waited for the opportunity to fight Mr. Roy Jones. This is my personal goal and dream.
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Sometimes people think I'm gay. A lot of people have asked me if I'm gay. I answer, 'Look, not to my knowledge. But I'm still young, it could be that in the future, I'll find out that I'm gay.'
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Where I grew up, most people were policemen. So naturally, I also wanted to be a policeman.
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I give my heart for this sport. I give my leg for this sport. I give my time for my family for this sport.
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I'm not scared of Jon Jones or Chris Weidman or whoever. I'm here to fight. That's it. It's simple.
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It's not my character to up and challenge anyone.
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Life is about how much you can take and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward.
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I always have to be me.
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Roy Jones and Muhammad Ali are the inspiration for my style of fighting.
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The only problem with Pride was guys would try to slip through the ropes to escape. But other than that, I love Pride rules.
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What motivates me is to be able to do what I love to do, which is to fight.
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I respect all the fighters. I respect Georges St-Pierre because Georges has a great story in the UFC. I respect all the fighters in here because this is the biggest sport in the world.
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Being a black belt from the Nogueira brothers, I have the obligation to always defend myself well on the ground.
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In my camp, we have Minotoro Noguiera and Lyoto Machida.
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Nowadays, it's so silly to not express your feelings, as long as you respect peoples' spaces and respect their limits. You have to live your life in peace, and no one has anything to do with that.
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The moment when I broke my leg, when I realized my leg was broken, I thought my career was over.
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When I started training martial arts, I learned about respect.
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I respect Conor McGregor's style.
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Unfortunately, the reporters ask the same questions over and over again. When reporters keep asking the same questions, they've got to recognize I may hear these questions 20 to 30 times in a matter of days. It gets to the point where I think, 'Read the other interviews!'
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I take good care of my things. I put everything in a bag. I use soap. I put on a cream after training. People think it's capricious. To each his own. Doesn't mean you're more man or less man, more gay or less gay.